Category: Financial Landing 2015

7/19/2015 - Are You Emotionally Ready for Retirement? (The Motley Fool)

Retirement is a major transition. And while it may be a happy one — like other big life changes such as moving to a nicer home or welcoming a new addition to the family — it’s stressful.Anticipating the potential side effects going into your golden years will help you deal. Just as you plotted out… Read more 7/19/2015 - Are You Emotionally Ready for Retirement? (The Motley Fool)

7/17/2015 - Swindlers Target Older Women on Dating Websites (The New York Times)

Many of those targeted are women, especially in women their 50s and 60s, often retired and living alone, who say that the email and phone wooing forms a bond that may not be physical but that is intense and enveloping. How many people are snared by Internet romance fraud is unclear, but between July 1… Read more 7/17/2015 - Swindlers Target Older Women on Dating Websites (The New York Times)

7/17/2015 - Medicare, Medicaid popularity high: Kaiser (CNBC)

The majority of the public has positive opinions about the massiveMedicare and Medicaid health coverage systems—which will mark their 50th anniversaries later this month—and rate them among the most important government-run programs, according to a new survey. Read the full article at CNBC.

7/17/2015 - Judges Rebuke Limits on Wiping Out Student Loan Debt (The New York Times)

Ms. Roth, 68, worked in many jobs over the years, but she never made quite enough to pay back the $33,000 she borrowed years earlier for an education degree she couldn’t afford to complete, and certainly not the $95,000 it ballooned to in default. She filed for bankruptcy, wiping out five figures in medical debts.… Read more 7/17/2015 - Judges Rebuke Limits on Wiping Out Student Loan Debt (The New York Times)

7/16/2015 - How a Harvard Economist Screwed Up—and Then Saved—Her Retirement (Bloomberg)

Just because you have a Ph.D. in economics doesn’t mean you know how to invest for retirement. Alicia Munnell, the director of Boston College’s Center for Retirement Research, was a member of the president’s Council of Economic Advisers for two years before joining Boston College as a professor of management sciences in 1997. Before the council, she was assistant… Read more 7/16/2015 - How a Harvard Economist Screwed Up—and Then Saved—Her Retirement (Bloomberg)

7/15/2015 - Millennials Who Are Thriving Financially Have One Thing in Common (The Atlantic)

Millions of America’s young people are really struggling financially. Around 30 percent are living with their parents, and many others are coping with stagnant wages, underemployment, and sky-high rent. And then there are those who are doing just great—owning a house, buying a car, and consistently putting money away for retirement. These, however, are not your run-of-the-mill… Read more 7/15/2015 - Millennials Who Are Thriving Financially Have One Thing in Common (The Atlantic)

7/14/2015 - Should You Let an Algorithm Do Your Saving for You? (Bloomberg)

Setting up regular automated deposits that zap money from checking right into a savings or investment account is the easiest—and often, most painless—way to save money. Once it’s set up, you can save with zero effort every time a paycheck is directly deposited into your checking account. You might be shortchanging savings with that “set it and forget it”… Read more 7/14/2015 - Should You Let an Algorithm Do Your Saving for You? (Bloomberg)

7/13/2015 - Needs Of Retirees Take A Smaller Center Stage At White House Forum (NPR)

In the past, the White House’s once-a-decade summit on aging was a multi-day event attended by thousands, but this time there was no funding. So it’s a one-day event for a couple of hundred guests. Read the full article in The New York Times.

7/12/2015 - Rising Economic Insecurity Tied to Decades-Long Trend in Employment Practices (The New York Times)

When the California Labor Commissioner’s Office ruled last month that an Uber driver was an employee deserving of a variety of workplace protections — and was not, as the company maintained, an independent contractor — it highlighted the divided feelings many Americans have about what is increasingly being called the “gig economy.” On the other, Uber —… Read more 7/12/2015 - Rising Economic Insecurity Tied to Decades-Long Trend in Employment Practices (The New York Times)

7/10/2015 - The Man Who Must Fund the Retirement of the Oldest Wealthy Nation (The Wall Street Journal)

As the new chief investment officer of Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund, the largest publicly managed pension in the world by assets, Mr. Mizuno was getting a chance to try to fix a crucial puzzle: How to fund the retirement of the world’s oldest wealthy nation.Retirement programs across the world, including the U.S.’s Social Security system,… Read more 7/10/2015 - The Man Who Must Fund the Retirement of the Oldest Wealthy Nation (The Wall Street Journal)