This Surprising Retirement Statistic Could Change Your Future

Today’s retirees should be miserable. According to Transamerica’s A Precarious Existence: How Today’s Retirees Are Financially Faring in Retirement (this link opens a PDF version of the report), retirees generally retired earlier than they planned. And the majority of those early retirements were due to poor health (28%), job loss (24%), family responsibilities (15%), and […]

Personal Finance 101 for blended families

Many people in America live in a mashup of families. According to the Step Family Foundation, 1,300 new stepfamilies are formed every day. Bringing together two households can be challenging, especially when it comes to finances. Here’s how to navigate this tough terrain. Have money talks sooner, rather than later Realize money management will be different […]