It's November, and with just two months left in the year, a host of financial and investment-related tasks that seemed easy to back-burner earlier in the year are coming up on a hard deadline....
Statistically Speaking
#1 Retirement Roadblock
Americans view healthcare costs as the leading obstacle to financial security in retirement, according to new data from Northwestern Mutual’s 2017 Planning & Progress Study. In fact, the number of Americans citing healthcare costs as their chief concern spiked dramatically from 45% in 2016 to 58% this year....
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
According to the Social Security Administration, half of married couples count on Social Security for at least half of their income. The numbers are even higher for non-married recipients. A significant portion of non-married retirees are widows and widowers, many of whom see their household income fall sharply when their spouse died. Why?...