Retirement

Budget Battles

  • The 5-Decade Plan for a Successful Retirement

    By Beth Braverman

    It’s a lot easier for a 50-something boomer to imagine her retirement than it is for a 20-something recent grad that just landed his first full-time job. But that’s not an excuse for inaction. When...

  • 10 Sessions to a Better Brain

    By Futurity Org, Futurity

    Older adults who receive as few as 10 sessions of mental training show long-lasting improvements in reasoning and speed of processing skills 10 years after the intervention. “Our prior research...

  • $13 Million Robocall Scam Finally Thwarted

    By Herb Weisman, CNBC

    A federal court has temporarily pulled the plug on a nationwide telemarketing operation that used illegal robocalls to trick seniors across the U.S. and Canada into buying medical alert devices they...

  • Why Freelancers Won't Be Able to Retire

    By Chris Taylor, Reuters

    New data from TD Ameritrade Holding Corp reveals the worrisome state of the retirement savings of independent workers. The brokerage company's Self-Employment and Retirement Survey found that 28...

  • The percentage of people over age 65 who exercise nearly doubled from 1998 to 2010, rising from 6 percent to 11 percent in that period, according to government data. That, according to researchers, could lead to less chronic disease, more independent livi

    The Booming Housing Market for Boomer Retirees

    By Beth Braverman

    Baby boomers are starting to look for homes where they can spend their golden years – and to meet that demand, developers are changing the way they build 55-plus communities.