People planning for retirement got a new tool this week: a fast and easy online estimator for their Social Security benefits.
The Social Security
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Researchers with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that freezes that limit or stop future pension benefits accumulation currently aff
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Large employers in Wisconsin expect their health care costs to increase 3.7 percent this year -- a rate lower than medical inflation and lower than t
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Yolanda is a retired schoolteacher from Trenton, Mich. who switched financial advisers late last year.
The new adviser sold all of Yolanda's holdi
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With Medicare set to hit insolvency in 2018 or 2019, according to most predictions, and doctors’ fees and insurance premiums escalating to new highs,
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Women have three major worries when they think about retirement: inflation, health and longevity, according to a study released yesterday by The Hart
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Although the stock prices of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were bruised, a handful of mutual funds continue to hold the securities, eith
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The collapse of IndyMac Bancorp Inc. and the government prop-up of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have led to speculation about which oth
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Study finds gender a key factor driving retirement angst. Women are very aware of the specific challenges they face in planning for their financial f
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It would be so much easier to plan for retirement if people knew when they were going to die. We can't know, but investment adviser and author John
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