How To Boost Your Retirement Income
By Richard Eisenberg, Next Avenue Managing Editor Retiring from full-time work can be scary financially, when you no longer have a steady paycheck to count on but still have bills to pay. That’s why my “Friends Talk Money” podcast co-hosts Terry Savage, Pam Krueger and I just devoted our latest episode to ways to boost […]
How Beneficiaries Can Prevent Medicare Fraud
Medicare and its more than 62 million beneficiaries are under attack from an army of scammers eager to pillage the program. Their primary aim is defrauding Medicare itself, costing the program billions of dollars a year. Their schemes, however, often rely on targeting beneficiaries directly, stealing their identities or enlisting them as unwitting accomplices. Medicare […]
Updates To The Medicare Plan Finder: The Biggest Plus And A Huge Minus
Over the last few months, it seems as though every time I visit the Medicare Plan Finder, something has changed – an interactive map, different fonts and layouts, new filters and more. However, there is one change that rises to the top of my list as being the most significant and there is still one […]
4 Things That May Cost More In Retirement And Why
People often underestimate how much they will need to maintain their desired lifestyle in retirement.
Is Covid-19 Making College Towns Unsafe To Retire In?
By Diane Eastabrook, Next Avenue Contributor Autumn is making its way into State College, Pa. home to Penn State University. The days are shorter, the nights are cooler and trees are beginning to burst with color. But for local retiree Greg Guise, 67, fall’s arrival is falling a bit short this year. Due to the […]
Here’s The Most Helpful Investment Stat You’ve Never Heard Of
You have probably not heard of Terry W. Young. And you likely have not heard of the Calmar Ratio, which he invented nearly 30 years ago. But when I tell you what it measures in an investment’s past performance you might remember it for a long time. The Calmar Ratio takes the average annual return […]
How To Fix Senior Living
By Richard Eisenberg, Next Avenue Managing Editor Given the steep number of Covid-19 deaths and cases in nursing homes and lack of PPE there; the recent inability to see loved ones in assisted living and retirement communities as well as the poor pandemic communication between many operators and families of their residents, is it any […]
The Essentials Of Mortgage Refinancing
The current low-interest rate market has created extraordinarily attractive opportunities for refinancing. Some borrowers, however, will make better use of the opportunity than others. This article sets out what a borrower needs to know to make the right decisions on whether to refinance, how to refinance, where to refinance, and how to remedy a poor […]
Getting Rid Of Your Stuff: Tips From The ‘Friends Talk Money’ Podcast
By Richard Eisenberg, Next Avenue Managing Editor Getting rid of stuff that’s taking up space in your home can be tough — even for money experts. That was made painfully clear on the new episode of the “Friends Talk Money” podcast I co-host with Terry Savage (personal finance syndicated columnist and author of “The Savage […]
How To Protect Your 401(k) From The Coronavirus Stock Market Downturn
As the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on people’s health, it has also indirectly harmed their retirement savings.