Personal Finance

Millennials have had it rough. First, it was the dot-com bust in the late 1990s. Then the 2008 financial crisis hits and causes the Great Recession. We get a few years of economic good times and now the pandemic has once again turned the economy upside down. Job security feels at an all-time low, wages […]

When my friend’s grandmother passed away about ten years ago, she left a small legacy for each of her six grandchildren. It was a surprise to my friend, since her grandma had constantly warned not to expect any inheritance since she was dead broke. She talked about it so often that even I knew about […]

When it comes to financial priorities as a couple, things can get a little sticky. This is true of retirement funding, as well as in other areas that concern money. That’s why many couples avoid the subject altogether. They just do their own thing when it comes to retirement savings. They set their own savings […]

Unemployment is tough to weather, no matter how old you are. However, for those individuals who are close to retirement but are laid off (or forced into an early retirement), unemployment can be even more disastrous. This is especially true during this pandemic. On average, laid-off workers over the age of 55 took 11 months […]