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Chart: What Types of People Are Most At Risk For Poverty In Retirement?
Seniors who have never married are most likely to face poverty – in fact, they are over four times as likely to face poverty as seniors who are married during retirement.
Additionally, ...
Social Security Q&A: Will Selling a Rental Home Affect Our Social Security?
Question: My husband and I are both going to be 70 in 2015 and are currently receiving Social Security. My question is this: We have an opportunity to sell our rental home with a value ...
Does Retirement Require a Lower Standard of Living?
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Should retirees expect to lower their standard of living in their “golden years”? This discussion dives into that question, and more.
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Kansas Lawmakers Look to Change Rules For Retirees Who Return to Work
Kansas lawmakers are considering an overhaul of the rules governing public employees who retire and then come back to work after beginning to draw a pension.
The current rules expire ...
Social Security Q&A: Isn’t It Best to File at 66?
Question: Just some food for thought: I am now 66 years old, female, married, and have worked all my life and am still working. I started collecting my own Social Security the month ...
Video: Are 401(k)s A Failure?
A recent report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute reveals that the median account balance of a 401(k) in the U.S. is $18,433.
Have 401(k) plans failed soon-to-be-retired ...
Social Security Q&A: Should I Collect on My Own Record Before My Widow’s Benefit?
Question: My deceased husband never took retirement and his insured amount is very much higher than mine. I will be 64 shortly and want to know if I file on my own (that being about ...
Social Security Q&A: Why Wasn’t Information About Potential Death Benefits Made Available?
Question: My brother recently passed away at age 53. His wife had passed away five years earlier. Their youngest child was 11 when she passed away. In looking at all of my brother’s ...
Former Military Officials Weigh In On Pension Overhaul’s Ups, Downs
Open Retirement has closely covered the proposed overhaul of the military’s retirement system, including a shift from a defined-benefit plan to a 401(k)-style plan.
The State this ...
Social Security Q&A: Should I File for Benefits Before I Stop Working?
Question: I will be 66 on Oct. 3 of this year and plan to quit my full-time job on Dec 31. Would I be better off to file for retirement as of Oct. 1 and thus draw both my paycheck ...




