Browsing: Retirement

Get there first. That’s the best parenting advice I ever got, and it applies to every one of the most important values we choose to pass…

Seemingly everyone agrees there’s a retirement crisis – everyone, that is, except for retirees themselves. In an April Wall Street Journal article, I noted that 86%…

“I don’t want to be a burden on my children when I’m old.” This statement is one I consistently hear expressed by older people from all…

For years, I have said that Dr. Ruth (Ruth Westheimer) is my role model. Dr. Ruth, sex therapist, professor, and author, spent her life educating people…

By Lucy Lazarony, Next Avenue Many Americans in their 50s don’t have nearly enough savings set aside for retirement. How bad is the shortfall? According to…

Many estate owners are concerned about what will happen to the wealth in the next generation and the effects the inheritance will have on their heirs,…

Many American retirees are making significant mistakes with their traditional IRAs by planning to leave the accounts to their children or other heirs. Inheriting a traditional…

By Kelly K. James, Next Avenue During an interdepartmental Zoom meeting, a vice president asked for feedback about a video he’d produced, on a tight timeframe,…

By Elana Rabinowitz, Next Avenue “We call it pretirement,” a woman said while gushing about her new life in the affluent resort town of Saratoga Springs,…

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is working hard to win the support of older voters, but what would she do to address their many concerns if…