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Boomers are making continuing-care retirement communities rethink their business model in order to survive.
Men are living longer than they used to — catching up to women whose lifespans aren’t lengthening as quickly as they used to.
Some 34 percent of people pay taxes on their Social Security, which levels the playing field for those earning the highest benefits.
Today’s Social Security report says by the time leading-edge boomers are 88, the program will be able to pay only 75 percent of benefits.
Health care analysts and former President Jimmy Carter all say that Medicare needs reform, but they don’t agree on how to do it.
Dick Clark, who died Wednesday at 82, lived his later decades to the max and remained “America’s Oldest Teenager.”
Fidelity Investments, which is the largest provider of retirement plans in the country, has projected retirement readiness among Americans.
Workplace retirement savings plans, including 401(k)s and IRAs, are tax loopholes that benefit taxpayers at all income levels.
The most compelling reason for employers to offer employees help getting ready for retirement is to discourage them from staying too long on the job.
Retirees want three things from their retirement income:
A very low risk of outliving their money.
Predictable, consistent availability of income.
Enough liquidity that they feel flexible enough to pay for emergencies — or splurges.
But as the Rolling Stones sang, “You can’t always get what you want. But if you try sometimes, well, you might find you get
