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Life Insurance and Divorce: Protecting Your Family's Future

Sep 3, 20203 min read

Life Insurance and Divorce: Protecting Your Family's Future

Sometimes in life things don't work out as planned. One of the most trying examples of this is when a couple decides they can't make...

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Medicare Makes It Easier to Compare Doctors, Health Facilities Online

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Sep 3, 20201 min read

Medicare Makes It Easier to Compare Doctors, Health Facilities Online

A streamlined Medicare online tool will make it easier for consumers to compare and choose their providers, including hospitals, doctors,...

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Claiming Social Security retirement benefits? Don’t let these myths trip you up

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Sep 3, 20201 min read

Claiming Social Security retirement benefits? Don’t let these myths trip you up

For most Americans, deciding when to claim Social Security retirement benefits will be one of the biggest financial decisions they ever...

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Eight suggestions on your way to establishing true financial wellness

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Aug 27, 20203 min read

Eight suggestions on your way to establishing true financial wellness

Eight suggestions on your way to establishing true financial wellness August is National Wellness Month, an entire month where we can...

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Aug 27, 20201 min read

Do You Have a Retirement Care Plan?

Many retirement plans, including those from big retirement investment firms, begin and end with money – how much you should save, how you...

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10 Social Security Calculators That Can Help You Decide When to Claim

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Aug 27, 20201 min read

10 Social Security Calculators That Can Help You Decide When to Claim

ONE OF THE MOST important retirement decisions you will make is when to apply for Social Security. Several retirement calculators have...

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How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free, Part 1

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Aug 20, 20201 min read

How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free, Part 1

The latest retirement book I’ve read is How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free: Retirement Wisdom That You Won’t Get from Your Financial...

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Aug 20, 20201 min read

How to Get Preapproved for a Mortgage

WITH MORTGAGE preapproval, a lender checks your credit and evaluates details about your income, debts and assets using documents...

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Why So Many People Are Unhappy in Retirement

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Aug 20, 20201 min read

Why So Many People Are Unhappy in Retirement

There is a script to life that most of us have internalized, whether consciously or not. It’s in many of the most beloved fictional...

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Enrolling in Medicare: COVID-19 EditionStart at age 64!

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Aug 13, 20201 min read

Enrolling in Medicare: COVID-19 EditionStart at age 64!

Back “in the day” (that would be February of 2020), I advised clients to start their Medicare enrollment 2 to 3 months prior to the...

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Continuing Care Retirement Communities: Aging in Place

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Aug 13, 20202 min read

Continuing Care Retirement Communities: Aging in Place

Do you sometimes think about what your life will be like when you retire? Most people imagine living independently in comfortable and...

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People Over 50 Carrying More Debt than in the Past

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Aug 13, 20201 min read

People Over 50 Carrying More Debt than in the Past

Older Americans are burdened with unprecedented debt loads as more and more baby boomers enter what are meant to be their retirement...

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10 Affordable Mountain Towns for Retirement

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Aug 13, 20201 min read

10 Affordable Mountain Towns for Retirement

Few aspiring retirees have enough saved to buy a retirement home in Aspen, Colorado, or Jackson, Wyoming. But if you're willing to look...

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9 Ways to Pay for Long-Term Care Without Buying Insurance

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Aug 7, 20204 min read

9 Ways to Pay for Long-Term Care Without Buying Insurance

When H. Frances Reaves, of Miami, had to place her parents in long-term care facilities in 2014 and 2015, she thought it would be a...

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Five graphs that show how uncertain markets are about the coronavirus recovery

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Aug 7, 20203 min read

Five graphs that show how uncertain markets are about the coronavirus recovery

Financial markets can tell us a lot about the economic recovery ahead, based on their direction of travel and how confident investors...

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8 Ways to Keep Investing During a Recession

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Aug 7, 20201 min read

8 Ways to Keep Investing During a Recession

Recessions can make investors nervous, and you may be wondering whether your portfolio needs some tweaking. While it may be tempting to...

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Putting the Worst GDP Drop Ever in Perspective

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Jul 30, 20203 min read

Putting the Worst GDP Drop Ever in Perspective

Should we cheer if third-quarter 2020 GDP numbers are the best in history? Remember back in late May when the Commerce Department...

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RETIREMENT PLANNING TIPS FOR AN OLDER DIVORCEE

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Jul 30, 20201 min read

RETIREMENT PLANNING TIPS FOR AN OLDER DIVORCEE

At first blush, you might think retirement advice aimed at a 65-year-old divorced woman doesn't apply to you. But even if you're not in...

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