Retirement

By Next Avenue Editors Next Avenue For the past six years, Next Avenue — public media’s first and only national journalism service for America’s older population — has released a list of “Influencers in Aging.” We’ve named 20 trailblazers who are each uniquely changing how we age and think about aging. This year’s list includes

getty Readers, I have been remiss. I have been watching reports of major pension funds overseas divesting from fossil fuel corporations, and have been placing the topic on my to-do list, intending to share this development with readers “someday.” Last year in Norway, for instance, the $1.6 trillion Government Pension Fund Global will divest from

Look under the hood of your retirement income portfolio! getty Many older workers don’t really know if their savings and Social Security are enough to support themselves in retirement. That’s because they haven’t taken the time to “look under the hood” and learn how much retirement income they might receive from Social Security and their

getty Out-of-control medical expenses are one of the greatest fears of retirees and pre-retirees. Many people are concerned that high medical expenses could deplete their nest eggs . But most people can put a lid on how much they spend out of pocket on retirement medical expenses, and there are a couple of tools that

Student loans are a huge problem in our country, with the national student loan debt reaching a … [+] record-breaking $1.6 trillion. getty Student loans are a huge problem in our country, with the national student loan debt reaching a record-breaking $1.6 trillion. But, at the same time, pensions are becoming less and less common

Medicare Announces Costs for 2021. Getty Working with your advisor to update your financial plan for next year? Maybe, sitting down to do your budget? Here are Medicare’s 2021 costs. Prepare to spend more.  Costs that apply to any Medicare beneficiary There are some costs that everyone who has Medicare for healthcare coverage must pay. 

If you haven’t saved enough to support your current life in retirement, you may need to plan for a … [+] new life. getty Most pre-retirees haven’t saved enough money to retire full time at age 65 and enjoy their pre-retirement level of spendable income, according to a recent report from the Stanford Center on

getty Reformers have long bemoaned the manner in which poor workers pay too high a “marginal tax rate” when both “regular” taxes and government benefit phase-outs are combined together. A recent article at Accounting Today summarized the situation: “About a quarter of lower-income workers effectively face marginal tax rates of more than 70 percent when

getty Something odd happened last week. Something dramatic. Something that hasn’t happened in more than a decade and, arguably, not to this degree in nearly twenty years. It’s called “rotation.” It’s not a new thing, and it has certainly occurred in much narrower market segments. But this is the first time in a long time

New nationwide poll shows 1 in 3 people over the age of 65 think they can just “snap out” of their … [+] depression. getty A new national poll found that almost two out of three Americans age 65 or older who are worried about having depression won’t go get treatment and a third believed

Millennials are staying single longer and having children later – that has implications for … [+] caregiving and life in retirement. getty “One may be the loneliest number that you will ever do.” Despite the lyrical lament by the 1970’s rock band Three Dog Night, it appears that more people than ever are choosing singlehood.

IRS announced the retirement contribution limits for 2021. getty The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently announced some adjustments to the income limitations on retirement account contributions for 2021. These changes were in the works regardless of who won the 2020 presidential election. President-elect Joe Biden has laid out ambitious plans to improve retirement savings rates,

getty On October 26th the SBA sought formal approval from the Office of Management and Budget to make use of two new forms, SBA Form 3509 and 3510, to request that PPP borrowers who received a loan of $2,000,000 or more must answer a series of questions that will be used by the SBA to

By Richard Eisenberg, Next Avenue getty We hear a lot — a lot! — about how much we should save for retirement. But people nearing retirement, and in retirement, are often perplexed about how much of their retirement savings they can afford to withdraw each year without running the risk of outliving their money. So,

Fixed index annuities can be complex financial products, and I will conclude this chapter* by discussing some of the other various features one may come across when investigating FIAs. We begin with surrender charges or, more formally, contingent deferred sales charges. FIAs are meant to serve as long-term tools and surrender charges help the insurance

By Penny Pennington, Next Avenue getty Editor’s Note: This article is the sixth in a weekly joint series on COVID-19 and the Future of Aging from the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging and Next Avenue. The articles are Q and As with thought leaders in fields ranging from health care to retirement

When preparing your retirement budget, don’t blindly rely on estimates in a retirement income … [+] statement. Do your homework! getty In the coming months, you might receive a statement from your 401(k) plan that estimates the amount of retirement income your account might generate. While the information provided in these statements can help you

By Richard Eisenberg, Next Avenue Tim Russert’s 2000 election prediction MSNBC Florida is essentially tied with Maine for the highest percentage of residents age 65 and older — roughly 21%, vs. 16% for the U.S. population. And about one in 10 people in The Sunshine State are 75 or older, the highest percentage in the

getty Imagine that you’re a blue-collar worker who starts out with an apprenticeship directly out of high school and works until your full retirement age of 67 — for a working lifetime of 49 years. If you had a pension in the private sector, say, 1.5% of pay per year, you’d get a pension benefit

When it comes to Medicare, not all vaccines are the same. getty While we await the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccine, it’s a good time to learn about Medicare’s coverage of vaccinations. For example: Sally lives in a small, rural community and sees the one doctor in town. She got her pneumonia vaccination during her first