Most people are enrolled in Medicare automatically when they reach age 65, but depending on how and when you become eligible, your process may be different.
Automatic enrollment
You'll be automatically enrolled in Part A and Part B when you ...
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The Pros and Cons of Paying for an Aging Life Insurance Policy
A universal life insurance policy can be complicated; if you look at policy documents you might get lost in the rules and jargon. Unfortunately, some insurance carriers actively try to maintain this unfair advantage by keeping clients in the dark, ...
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3 Steps to Help You Prepare When Retirement Is Just Around The Corner
If looking ahead to retirement makes you a little nervous, you're not alone.
Nearly half of Americans who haven't reached retirement predict that they won't be financially comfortable once they get there, according to a Gallup survey.
For some, ...
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How to Invest in Stocks as a Retirement Plan
It doesn't matter how hard you work or how talented you might be, your wealth building is tied by a singular constraint: your time and energy. When you stop performing, the money stops flowing. With retirement looming, it can be uncomfortable ...
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4 Ways To Reduce Risk In Your Retirement Plan
Many people are worried about their retirement from a money perspective. According to a survey by Transamerica, most workers think the financial challenges they'll face in retirement will be harder to overcome than those that prior generations ...
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5 Reasons to Carry Life Insurance in Retirement
When you are close to reaching retirement, you start thinking of ways to reduce your expenses. The lack of a steady monthly income means that you will have to make certain changes to your lifestyle. Even if you have planned your retirement in ...
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How to Save for Retirement When You Don’t Make a Lot of Money
Work for 30 years, retire, and enjoy your golden years, without doing too much to save for retirement because Social Security plans are enough; it may sound like science fiction now, but decades ago retirement planning was as simple as that for most ...
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Bitcoin IRA Fees and 4 Other Related FAQs Answered
Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency which has been around for a few years now; and in 2017 it gained worldwide attention after its price skyrocketed from $2000 to $20,000 in a matter of just a few months. Of course, there is a lot of controversy still ...
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Does Today’s Economy Make Retirement Impossible?
Life in retirement, which once conjured images of golf and sunsets at the beach, took on a drearier edge in recent years as more people realize they are unprepared financially to stop working.
The Washington Post has called it "the new reality of ...
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5 Common Money Mistakes New Graduates Need to Avoid
Let me be the first to tell you that it's OK to make mistakes.
Financial experts will tell you that the first few years after graduation are the most important. They're right. Compound interest means that the money you save today in your early ...
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Which US States Offer the Biggest Bang for Your Buck?
I've always been fascinated by maps. Throw me a map of anyplace and I can be mesmerized for quite a long time. Don't ask me why; it's just how I am.
So I guess I shouldn't be too surprised that the other day I spent almost a half hour poring over ...
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Social Security and My $152,000 Challenge to Uncle Sam
I've been a proud, full-time, member of the American workforce since 1988.
Since then, I've earned approximately $2.4 million in base salary -- excluding bonuses, stock option cash-outs, and other income streams. It also excludes the money I ...
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9 ‘Oops’ Moments That I Ultimately Paid For (One Way or Another)
Last week I needed to venture into my attic to check on some rat traps, so I grabbed my flashlight to help me navigate my way through the rafters. As luck would have it, the flashlight wasn't working; the last person who used it forgot to turn the ...
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Retirement Savings: Why My Kids Shouldn’t Plan on Receiving an Inheritance From Me
I know. A lot of you wish you could retire now, looking for reasons to retire early.
However, before that can become reality, it's important to understand our magic number; that magic number, of course, is the amount of money we'll need to have ...
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