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11/24/2014 - How Retirement Benefits will Change in 2015 (U.S. News & World Report)

by on November 24, 2014 4:59 pm
Social Security and Medicare will be making important changes to their programs next year. Individual retirement accounts and 401(k)s will also be tweaked in significant ways. Here’s a look at the new features your retirement benefits will have next year. Read the full article at U.S. News & World Report. 
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11/21/2014 - Student Debt: A Calculator Focused on College Majors (The New York Times)

by on November 24, 2014 4:40 pm
Student debt seems on its way to becoming a significant political issue, for better or worse. When a recent Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll asked people about a long list of domestic and foreign policy proposals, none received more support – 82 percent – than reducing the cost of student loans. When the 2016 campaign gets underway, candidates will… Read more 11/21/2014 - Student Debt: A Calculator Focused on College Majors (The New York Times)
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11/19/2014 - For Millions of Millennials: Some College, No Degree, Lots of Debt (NPR)

by on November 20, 2014 5:47 pm
More than 40 percent of households headed by young adults with some college are dealing with student loans. And without the increased earnings that usually come with a college degree, managing even just a few thousand dollars in loans can be a huge challenge. Richard Fry, a senior researcher at the Pew Research Center, says the real… Read more 11/19/2014 - For Millions of Millennials: Some College, No Degree, Lots of Debt (NPR)
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11/19/2014 - Are You Ready for an Encore (Career)? (Black Rock)

by on November 20, 2014 5:32 pm
One of the overlooked aspects of the retirement crisis is that retirement is an invention, one that has to be reinvented to suit new generations. What we think of as traditional retirement was codified in the 1930s when the Social Security Administration set normal retirement age at 65. Today, we are living longer and are healthier than… Read more 11/19/2014 - Are You Ready for an Encore (Career)? (Black Rock)
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11/19/2014 - How to Protect Yourself From the “Epidemic” of Sleazy Debt Collectors (Money)

by on November 20, 2014 5:25 pm
Unscrupulous debt collectors, some of whom pose as law enforcement and threaten arrests to collect payments, have “become something of an epidemic,” said U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara. On Tuesday, Bharara announced that seven people who worked for an Atlanta-area company, Williams, Scott & Associates, were arrested for their… Read more 11/19/2014 - How to Protect Yourself From the “Epidemic” of Sleazy Debt Collectors (Money)
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11/18/2014 - Federal agents arrest debt collectors in crackdown (CNN Money)

by on November 20, 2014 5:18 pm
Federal agents in Georgia arrested John Todd Williams, 48, founder of debt collection agency Williams, Scott & Associates along with six other employees on Tuesday morning for allegedly running a $4.1 million debt collection scam that targeted more than 6,000 people across the United States.The arrests stem from an investigation by the Federal Bureau of… Read more 11/18/2014 - Federal agents arrest debt collectors in crackdown (CNN Money)

11/20/2014 - Loading up on stocks — after you retire

by on November 20, 2014 4:54 pm
Should you invest more in stocks as you age? Conventional wisdom would have you reduce the percentage of your nest egg you invest in stocks over the course of your retirement. The old rule of thumb went something like this: Subtract your age from 100 and that’s what percent to invest in stocks. Wade Pfau,… Read more 11/20/2014 - Loading up on stocks — after you retire

11/19/2014 - Stanford literary scholar traces cultural history of our obsession with youth

by on November 19, 2014 4:39 pm
With philosophy, history and literature as his guides, Stanford Professor Robert Harrison investigates how Western ideas of youthfulness have evolved from classical antiquity to the present. Read the full article at Stanford Report.

11/18/2014 - Science (and Quacks) vs. the Aging Process

by on November 18, 2014 5:31 pm
For thousands of years, people have sought to escape or outrun their mortality with potions, pills and elixirs, often blended with heavy doses of hope and will. Despite this enduring quest, most scientists say we are no closer to eternal life today than we were all those years ago. The word “immortality” elicits a mixture… Read more 11/18/2014 - Science (and Quacks) vs. the Aging Process
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11/18/2014 - Retirement’s changing expectations

by on November 18, 2014 4:48 pm
Studies show that what people expect regarding retirement doesn’t often match what really happens. To that point, the Employee Benefit Research Institute has just issued a report about the gap between expected and actual retirement. Coupled with a retirement confidence survey released earlier this year, EBRI is matching reality with expectation. Read the full article… Read more 11/18/2014 - Retirement’s changing expectations