Living Off the Grid in Retirement by Christine Tailer There is necessarily a pragmatic side to retirement: how to figure out the nuts and bolts of a fiscally sound lifestyle that does not require a steady paycheck. When my husband and I began to look for a rural weekend geta... Read more
2020 Closures and Bankruptcies Unlike the financial crisis of 2008, the pandemic year of 2020 withstood layoffs, closings and a crippling unemployment year by upholding IRA contributions for many. PSCA (Plan Council of America) reported more than 90 percent of employers main... Read more
Retirement, Reinventing, Redesigning by Donna L. Scrafano As a young professional and a single parent, the answer I gave when asked about retirement was, “I’ll be dropping dead at a desk somewhere because I’ll never be able to retire.” A bleak answer, for sure. As the fates ... Read more
Biggest Culprit to Parents’ Wealth: Family by Tracy E. Hill, Ph.D. The Pennsylvania Department of Aging recently concluded the “Financial Exploitation of Older Adults Study Report” which audited random case files (455) from ten PA Area Agencies on Aging over more than ... Read more
New Retirement Income Benefits by Stan Corey There is new information about the timing of when someone should elect to begin receiving retirement benefits under the new Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act, which was signed into law on December ... Read more
Hacked, Tracked, and Blinkered by Angie Littlefield A flurry of e-mails alerted me. Individuals I didn’t know had joined something called a “household” on a loyalty card I have for a drugstore chain. I quickly went to my local store where the kind cosmetics lady looked up my... Read more
