Extreme loss aversion is not a retirement strategy
Although retirees need to protect their savings to avoid losing money, extreme aversion to loss could do more harm than good.
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Extreme loss aversion is not a retirement strategy
Although retirees need to protect their savings to avoid losing money, extreme aversion to loss could do more harm than good.
Health savings accounts are good retirement medicine
If a family contributes approximately $6,000 per year to an HSA, compounded at 6% growth for 20 years, that's $234,000 at retirement, says expert.
Health savings accounts are good retirement medicine
If a family contributes approximately $6,000 per year to an HSA, compounded at 6% growth for 20 years, that's $234,000 at retirement, says expert.
Guide to Medicare open enrollment for 2018
Retirees can change their Part D prescription-drug plans, Advantage plans, and/or switch from traditional Medicare to Medicare Advantage during open enrollment, which ends Dec. 7.
Retirement worse than expected for more than 1 in 4 seniors
About 28% of seniors polled by Nationwide claimed that their lives worsened after they retired.
How much could Social Security checks increase in 2018?
The annual cost-of-living adjustment could increase by as much as 2% due to inflation spurred by recent hurricanes.
Why the average retirement age is rising
Social Security, pension type, and education are factors that have contributed to the rise in the retirement age since the mid-1980s.
What if the retirement crisis has been exaggerated?
Most retirees said they adapted to their situation of having limited retirement income and they have had few regrets, according to a survey.
What if the retirement crisis has been exaggerated?
Most retirees said they adapted to their situation of having limited retirement income and they have had few regrets.
End of the Social Security number? A White House official thinks so
The Equifax hack has prompted the Trump administration to look at ways to establish a safer technology to replace the existing Social Security number.
End of the Social Security number? A White House official thinks so
The Equifax hack has prompted the Trump administration to look at ways to establish a safer technology to replace the existing Social Security number.
Workers fear Social Security will go broke
Nearly two-thirds of future and recent retirees are worried there will be cuts to the program under the Trump administration. And an even greater percentage think that it needs to change.
A retirement Q&A for federal workers
Roughly 15% of government workers are eligible to retire, but for most government jobs there is no mandatory retirement age.
Reverse mortgage rules to change positively and negatively for retirees
Some say the changes could make the Federal Housing Administration's program less attractive to borrowers, but they could also improve the market.
Reverse mortgage rules to change positively and negatively for retirees
Some say the changes could make the Federal Housing Administration's program less attractive to borrowers, but they could also improve the market.
A 3-step Social Security emergency plan
When developing a plan to offset the potential shortfall of Social Security benefits in the long term, annual rebalancing is one step clients should take.
A 3-step Social Security emergency plan
When developing a plan to offset the potential shortfall of Social Security benefits in the long term, annual rebalancing is one step clients should take.
What retirees should do in wake of Equifax data breach
Savings are only as safe as the places that hold personal information, expert says.
4 ways retirees can pay for health care
Retirees can open health savings accounts, which offer tax breaks on contributions and qualified distributions, and tax-free growth on investments.
