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Virtual Reality Vacations: Combating Isolation & Loneliness in Seniors
Even though many seniors across the U.S. may be isolated because of the coronavirus, some companies are helping them connect to the rest of the world using virtual reality technology. These VR te
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Social Security Cuts: Understanding Potential Benefit Changes
Warnings abound about impending Social Security benefit cuts if the program's finances aren't fixed in the coming years. While an automatic benefit cut could become necessary in&#x
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American Retirement Plans: 72% Plan to Prioritize Savings Post-COVID
The COVID-19 crisis has caused a lot of people to change the way they think -- and spend their money. In fact, many people have had no choice but to hit pause on retirement plan contribution
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COVID-19's Long-Term Impact on Retirement Planning
Even if you rarely watch the news, you know all about how the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted everyday life and the economy. People have lost their jobs, businesses have closed for good, and
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Retirement Spending Cuts: A Shocking Reality for Many Retirees
Running short of money is the biggest fear of many retirees. Unfortunately, it can happen sooner than you think. In fact, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, only 51%
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COVID-19 Impact: Social Security Delays Hurting Seniors
It's not just younger Americans who are struggling financially during the COVID-19 crisis; older Americans are hurting as well. In fact, in April, the unemployment rate among workers aged 55 and
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COVID-19 Financial Assistance: 13 Ways to Access Available Funds
With the number of COVID-19 cases trending upward, worries are returning that we'll still be wrestling with the coronavirus pandemic for quite some time to come. Unfortunately, that translates to
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Social Security Benefit Cuts: A Timeline and What to Expect
For more than eight decades, the Social Security program has played a critical role in providing a financial foundation for our nation's retired workers. According to the Centers for Budget and P
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COVID-19 & Retirement: Avoiding Costly Mistakes in Uncertain Times
The coronavirus pandemic has been incredibly costly for millions of people across the country. More than 45 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits since the start of the pandemic, and
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Social Security Recipients: What to Know in the Next 3 Months
Social Security recipients who rely on their benefits for the bulk of their income don't tend to have a lot of financial wiggle room. The reason? Those benefits only replace about 40% of the
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Social Security & COVID-19: 4 Key Considerations for Claiming Benefits
The COVID-19 crisis has upended so many Americans' lives from a financial standpoint, and that includes older workers who are grappling with unemployment and income loss. If the pandemi
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Secure Your Retirement: Strategies for Financial Success in a Changing Landscape
Imagine that your retirement lifestyle was determined by the spin of the roulette wheel. That would stink, right? You'd watch helplessly, waiting for a little ball to put in you in poverty or to
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Protect Your Retirement: Avoiding COVID-19's Impact on Your Savings
If you're getting close to retirement age, the coronavirus pandemic could cause you to reconsider your plans. Tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs, and your retirement investments m
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Retirement Planning: Why Social Security Isn't Enough
Social Security is an important income source for the millions of seniors who collect benefits during retirement, and while there's nothing wrong with factoring those benefits into your long
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Social Security Claiming: 3 Essential Steps Before You File
One of the most important retirement decisions you'll make is choosing when to claim Social Security benefits. The age you begin claiming benefits will permanently affect how much you receive eac
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Best Cities for Early Retirement in 2024: Cost of Living & Lifestyle
The coronavirus pandemic has put Americans in a tight spot, including those looking to retire. Saving enough money to last after work can is hard enough on its own, made worse by t
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Social Security at 62 During COVID-19: 3 Key Considerations
As businesses across the country reopened and millions of Americans returned to work, many feared a COVID-19 resurgence was inevitable. CORONAVIRUS SECOND WAVE: IS THE US EXPERIENCING IT NOW?It appear
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Navigating Pre-Retirement: The Unexpected Benefits of Jobs Without Benefits
The coronavirus-induced financial crisis is changing the retirement landscape for many, including pre-retirees who may need to adjust their plans to account for an unexpected shock to their savings ac
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Remote Work Disparity: Why Older Americans Are Missing Out & the Economic Impact
Tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs in the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, while countless more risk a similar fate as the nation's young recession unfolds. Fa
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Social Security Benefits: How Turning 60 Could Impact Your Payments
Millions of seniors rely on Social Security in retirement, and many look to those benefits as their primary source of income. But if you're currently 60, or are turning 60 in 2020, you
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Understanding Credit: A Comprehensive Guide to Building & Maintaining Good CreditCredit is something we often mention when we talk about money. In fact, we use credit every day to buy things like clothes, food, housing, and transportation – but how much do we really know about it?...
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Calendar Spreads: Profiting in Low Volatility MarketsOne of the advantages that options strategies offer is the potential to profit in upward, downward, or range-bound markets. Even in quiet markets where low implied volatility is keeping option prices ...
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CME Group Extends Trading Floor Closure Due to CoronavirusThe New York Stock Exchange reopened its trading floor on Tuesday, but Chicago’s legendary trading pits will remain closed for at least the next several weeks. Exchange operator CME Group will ...
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15 Time-Valuable Activities to Invest InOur time on this planet is limited. Most of us realize that sooner or later. And yet, we keep on squandering our time and running around in circles.Why is it that we waste so much of our time? Most pe...