The Internal Revenue Service may be having a bad week, but Mary Rich isn’t complaining about the taxman. The former nurse and hospital executive recently won a 10-year battle to get the IRS to reverse a ruling that would have cost her and her husband, Riz Corpuz, $2,500 a month in pension benefits from their [...] Read the full article…
A job and a paycheck – they go together like coffee and cream. But when you retire from your regular job, does that mean you have to give up the cream? A growing number of 401(k) plans are including investment choices that can help savers convert nest eggs into retirement income. Participants can buy insurance [...] Read the full article…
I recently conducted an online webinar presentation for National Seminar Training on retirement planning in the new economy. We talked about many of the key themes of my book, The Hard Times Guide to Retirement Security — where the soon-to-retire boomer generation stands in the wake of the Great Recession, and what practical solutions people [...] Read the full article…
Healthcare costs put a big squeeze on retiree pocketbooks, but the grip may be relaxing a bit. A 65-year-old couple retiring this year will need $220,000 to pay for healthcare for the rest of their lives, an amount that is eight percent less than a year ago, according to a Fidelity Investments report issued Wednesday. [...] Read the full article…
The cost of health care is a key wild card in any retirement plan. Out-of-pocket spending can vary widely, depending on longevity, health status, and income–even where you live makes a difference. But most estimates on retirement health-care costs don’t factor in an even bigger challenge: paying for long-term care. Experts estimate that 70% of [...] Read the full article…
