Jul 30, 2015 | Retirement Plans
Health costs can take a serious bite out of retirement budgets, and that certainly includes dental expenses. In fact, as Mark Miller writes in a highly informative reuters.com piece, “retirees transitioning to Medicare are often surprised to learn that the program...
Jul 28, 2015 | Do You Know, Retirement Plans, Tax Planning and Deductions
Is postponing retirement bad for your health? That intriguing headline introduces an excellent benefitspro.com piece by Marlene Y. Satter reporting on a new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research that finds “both health and life satisfaction improve in...
Jul 27, 2015 | 401k, Boomer Retirement, Planning for Longevity, Retirement Plans
By Kevin F. McCormack, president of Pension Parameters Financial Services, Inc., based in Manhattan and Aberdeen, N.J. You may have seen Forbes Magazine’ announcement of its 2015 list of the world’s richest billionaires some time ago, but, be honest now, who could...
Jul 20, 2015 | Do You Know, Protect Your Family
Investing requires sound financial reasoning, but emotions can also come into play and prove to be highly problematic. In an interesting piece for marketwatch.com–headlined Two behaviors that can sink your retirement–Ken Moraif writes that “if you’re...
Jul 15, 2015 | Boomer Retirement, Do You Know, Planning for Longevity, Retirement Plans
Where do investors prefer to get their advice? Interesting answers emerge in a gallup.com piece by Jeffrey M. Jones. He writes that “U.S. investors see online and digital investment tools as complements to the advice they get from a personal financial adviser. Nearly...