Social Security
The Wall Street Journal - August 2, 2008
I recently filed for full-retirement-age benefits from Social Security. My current wife and I discovered that my former wife also had filed based on my benefits. We were told by Social Security that she had done
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The Wall Street Journal - July 26, 2008
A divorced spouse can collect a Social Security retirement benefit based on the work record of an ex-husband (or ex-wife), and it won't affect the latter's retirement benefit -- or the benefit of that person's
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US News & World Report - June 12, 2008
Widowhood poses special challenges in retirement.
When Elaine Williams became a widow four years ago at age 47, she took on extra data-entry work to help make up for the loss of her husband's income. She also
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US News & World Report - July 21, 2008
It's difficult to plan for retirement when you can't predict the precise amount of your Social Security checks. A new tool is available to more accurately estimate what your Social Security benefits will be.
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US News & World Report - July 16, 2008
Almost everyone aims to attain financial security in retirement. But each succeeding generation expects to be more self-reliant than the preceding one, according to a new online survey by Charles Schwab, Age
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The Boston Globe, June 26, 2008A 65-year-old couple needs $85,000 on average to cover
insurance costs for long-term care such as nursing home stays in
retirement, according to a study to be released Thursday by Fidelity
Investments.
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Yahoo Finance, June 19, 2008
An improved tool from Uncle Sam is one of the best resources available to help calculate your retirement finances.Most people have the same first question about retirement: How big a nest egg will I need? Two years ago,
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Sacbee, June 4th, 2008Pressured by a faltering economy and often burdened by loans they
took out during the housing boom, more Sacramento-area homeowners are
looking to reverse mortgages for an escape route. But many are finding
the road blocked by
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Tennessean, June 3rd, 2008After a long binge of borrowing, U.S. consumers face a credit crunch
and a sagging economy. To sustain their living standards, many
Americans are doing what comes naturally: scrambling to raise more cash.As
consumers max out
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Seeking Alpha, June 1st, 2008Book review: While America Aged by Roger LowensteinWhere
were you while America aged? I’ve been following the issues in this
book written by Roger Lowenstein for over 20 years. As an actuary (but
not a pension actuary)
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US News & World Report, May 27th, 2008As gas and grocery prices rise, some cash-strapped older workers are
rethinking plans to retire. Some 27 percent of older workers say they
are putting off retirement because of the recent economic slowdown,
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CNN, May 20th, 2008Barbara Harvey climbs into the back of her small Honda sport utility
vehicle and snuggles with her two golden retrievers, her head nestled
on a pillow propped against the driver's seat.A former loan
processor, the 67-year-old mother
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San Francisco Chronicle, May 20th, 2008Americans are worried that
they might not have enough money for retirement, as health care costs
rise and inflation erodes the value of their savings, according to a
survey released Monday.
The study sponsored
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NYTimes, May 17th, 2008The stark truth about managing our money these days is that we are mostly on our own.
Few employers want us around for 40 years, so our income is likely
to have ups and downs and disappear altogether for brief periods
between
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USAToday, May 16th, 2008Patty Stewart of Redlands, Calif., is beginning to think she won't be able to retire at 65. Or 67. Or possibly ever.
Like millions of other people, Stewart is
counting on her 401(k) and her home equity to pay for retirement.
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