Georgia Lee Hussey, the chief executive of Modernist Financial, a planning firm in Portland, Ore., that helps clients make financial decisions aligned with their progressive values, noted that some young […]
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Back to news homeWhen a Woman’s Retirement Account Becomes the Family Emergency Fund
That includes one of Ms. Wall’s former clients, who was heading for financial ruin because she had emptied a retirement account to help her daughter fight a custody battle. “I […]
‘I Had to Go Back’: Over 55, and Not Retired After All
“If I could’ve left at 62, I would’ve left at 62, but I can’t,” she said. “Not all of us made that money where I could move down to Florida […]
Making ‘Dinobabies’ Extinct: IBM’s Push for a Younger Work Force
In recent years, former IBM employees have accused the company of age discrimination in a variety of legal filings and press accounts, arguing that IBM sought to replace thousands of […]
Using Tech to Optimize Your Social Security Benefits
Benefits are adjusted annually for inflation, and they are not affected by the ups and downs of financial markets. Perhaps most important, benefits are guaranteed for life, which makes Social […]
How Inflation Concerns May Affect Prices
People who experienced the Great Inflation are more likely to fear high inflation around the corner than the young, who have lived mostly in an era in which inflation has […]
You’re Going to Work a Long Time. Here’s How to Build in Breaks.
You’re probably going to need to work longer than you imagined when you were first starting out. After all, you might live to be 100.So let’s call it a 50-year […]
The Key to Marketing to Older People? Don’t Say ‘Old.’
On the other, focusing on consumers’ actual needs instead of their assumed age has the added benefit of appealing to all of a product’s potential users. An example offered by […]
Anonymity No More? Age Checks Come to the Web.
Richard Errington clicked to stream a science-fiction film from his home in Britain last month when YouTube carded him.The site said Mr. Errington, who is over 50, needed to prove […]
When to Collect Social Security: Why You Should Wait
Withheld benefits are not lost forever, however. At the beneficiary’s full retirement age, Social Security will adjust the monthly benefit upward to account for the withheld benefits. The beneficiary will […]