Category: Financial Security 2014
9/19/2014 - What's the most important ingredient for a happy retirement?
by admin on September 19, 2014 11:30 pm
According to 81 percent of today’s retirees, the most important ingredient for a happy retirement is good health, outranking financial security, which rang in at 58 percent. Ranking much lower as sources of retirement happiness are: Having loving family and friends (36 percent) Having purpose (20 percent) Trying new things 5 percent) This is just… Read more 9/19/2014 - What's the most important ingredient for a happy retirement?
9/11/2014 - More seniors are carrying student loan debt into retirement
by admin on September 11, 2014 11:48 pm
Student loan debt doesn’t only hurt the young. More seniors are carrying their college debt into retirement. The total outstanding debt load held by seniors grew to $18.2 billion in 2013, up from $2.8 billion in 2005, according to a report released by the Government Accountability Office on Wednesday. The share of households headed by… Read more 9/11/2014 - More seniors are carrying student loan debt into retirement
9/10/2014 - A Simple Equation: More Education = More Income
by admin on September 11, 2014 8:25 pm
Imagine if the United States government taxed the nation’s one-percenters so that their post-tax share of the nation’s income remained at 10 percent, roughly where it was in 1979. If the excess money were distributed equally among the rest of the population, in 2012 every family below that very top tier would have gotten a… Read more 9/10/2014 - A Simple Equation: More Education = More Income
9/7/2014 - Seniors boost number of veterans deemed unemployable
by admin on September 8, 2014 8:09 pm
Senior citizens have helped make the benefit known as individual unemployability one of the fastest-growing expenditures in the VA disability system. The number of “unemployable” veterans has nearly tripled since 2000, to 321,451, with the majority at ages when most people have already stopped working. Government data show that 56% of the beneficiaries are at… Read more 9/7/2014 - Seniors boost number of veterans deemed unemployable
9/2/2014 - The Secret To Saving For Retirement When You Have Nothing Saved At All
by admin on September 2, 2014 4:29 pm
No retirement savings? Join the crowd. A recent survey by BankRate.com found that 26% of those ages 50 to 65 have nothing at all saved for retirement. But even in your 50s, it’s not too late to catch up or at least improve your situation, says Robert Stammers, director of investor education at the CFA… Read more 9/2/2014 - The Secret To Saving For Retirement When You Have Nothing Saved At All
8/24/2014 - What You Should Know About The 50+ Job Market
by admin on August 26, 2014 5:14 pm
As Labor Day nears, this is an ideal time to size up the labor market for America’s 50+ population and speculate on what it might look like in the future. By 2020, workers 55+ will account for 25% of the labor force, up from 13 percent in 2000, according to the Stanford Center on Longevity.… Read more 8/24/2014 - What You Should Know About The 50+ Job Market
8/25/2014 - Retirement mistakes people make at every age
by admin on August 25, 2014 5:48 pm
Retirement security didn’t always feel this out of reach. People worked until their early 60s, earned pensions and collected Social Security. Today, most people expect that they will rely on their own savings, and some worry that Social Security is no longer a sure thing. Workers now need to view the income they earn throughout… Read more 8/25/2014 - Retirement mistakes people make at every age
8/20/2014 - Struggling With Student Loan Debt Over Age 50
by admin on August 20, 2014 8:14 pm
For Americans over 50 nearing retirement age, struggling with student loan debt can be more of a burden to their futures compared to recent college graduates. Read the full articled at Forbes.
8/20/2014 - Fed report: Few saving for retirement
by admin on August 20, 2014 8:13 pm
The Federal Reserve Board just released the results of a September 2013 survey, based on a nationally representative online panel, which was designed to monitor how well consumers have recovered from the financial crisis and to identify risks to their financial condition. While retirement was not the focus of the survey, it contained a number… Read more 8/20/2014 - Fed report: Few saving for retirement
8/19/2014 - America Has a Retirement Spending Problem
by admin on August 19, 2014 8:15 pm
Achieving a secure retirement is a complex endeavor. Working-age households are charged with saving the right amount to enable a similar standard of living in retirement as that enjoyed during their working years. Upon retirement, households are faced with another daunting challenge-turning their accumulated wealth into security and spending down their wealth in a way… Read more 8/19/2014 - America Has a Retirement Spending Problem
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