Browsing: Retirement

The one consistency in the US labor market has become burnout. Between long hours, uncertain financial futures and a general lack of resources, workers of all…

One of the most important and difficult questions to answer in retirement is how much you can spend each year without going broke. The most popular…

Most Americans realize that inflation in the U.S. recently spiked to its highest level since the early 1980s. Moreover, what we pay for food is an…

As retirement looms, individuals must transition from an accumulation and asset-centric mindset to one focused on income and reliable cash flow. This shift from savings to…

America’s retirement and elder poverty crisis is painful, frightful, and undeniable—yet some experts are denying there is a retirement income security crisis and trying to persuade…

A friend, new to Medicare, asked me whether Medicare covered annual physicals. I told him, “No, it doesn’t.” The Social Security act clearly prohibits Medicare from…

Yesterday, the conservative House Republican Study Committee released its latest budget plan. To the RSC’s credit – and, honestly, to my own surprise – the RSC…

I was stuck a few months ago. After the unexpected but welcome blessing of the birth of our healthy newborn (the two older kids are 20…

Any estate planning lawyer who drafts wills, trusts, powers of attorney and healthcare directives would tell you something frustrating: some clients won’t sign anything the lawyer…

It is election season. This is a time when the question of whether people are materially better off than they were four years ago comes up.…