I bonds are an investment that benefits from inflation
By David Wilkening, Contributing Writer
REGION - Inflation news is almost always grim. But I bonds, a low-risk investment that flies under the radar for...
Learn from Groundhog Day: Stop making these 5 money mistakes
Many of us are like Bill Murray’s weatherman in the movie Groundhog Day, when it comes to managing our own money. We’re searching for a way to break through repeating the same financial mistakes and reckless habits.
Taxes: Claim your elderly parents as dependents
The bottom line is, who’s a dependent? Your kindergarten-age son, your adult daughter, her grandparents, or maybe an elderly uncle or aunt?
A new local resource for senior homeowners
By Alain Valles, CRMP, MBA, CSA, Managing Director, Helping Hands Community Partners, Inc.
“If you give it out in slices it comes back in loaves.”
As...
Don’t become a victim of Internet fraud
By Brett Peruzzi, Associate Editor
The con artists of times past haven’t gone away; they’ve just gone online. And older adults are increasingly becoming victims...
Reverse mortgages and the new administration
By Alain Valles, CSA, MS, MBA, Managing Director, Helping Hands Community Partners
Change is always the constant
Over the past 30 years hundreds of thousands of...
Reverse mortgages and retirement risks
If you’re approaching retirement or hopefully enjoying retirement, there may be a nagging concern of have you done everything possible to minimize your financial risks? Whether you have professional advisors, do your own planning - or perhaps worse, ignore the entire topic - below are economic areas that can affect your quality of life once you stop working:
6 tips on managing your 401(k)
Even if you’re a set-it-and-forget-it investor, unless you’ve pulled out of stocks altogether it’s likely the stock portion of your 401(k) account has grown significantly in the last few years.
5 signs U.S. job market finally accelerating
More workers in the prime 25- to 54-year-old age group are finding jobs. The winter freeze was less destructive to hiring than had been assumed. Layoffs have declined since February. And an increase in hours worked suggest that incomes will rise.
Reverse Mortgages – Good or Bad?
Reverse mortgages have been around since 1987 and have helped hundreds of thousands of older homeowners to live in their homes and have access to cash. Reverse mortgages are the most heavily regulated loan program in the country with periodic government changes to continue to strengthen the program.
