These days, people are getting all kinds of advice from so-called influencers on various social media platforms. Investment advice offered by self-styled “experts” is one common example. This week we read a Wall Street Journal column in which financial writer Jason...
Why are so many older workers staying on the job years longer than their forbears? The reasons are no doubt highly individual. Some are working longer because they have to, but many are doing so because they choose to: their jobs give them a paycheck plus the...
It’s no accident that, for many seniors, “retirement” and “relocation” often go hand in hand. As the old cliché has it, retirement is typically thought of as a time to be footloose and fancy free. In other words, it’s that time when you can finally live however and...
Thinking about the future of Social Security reminds us of watching a disaster movie in slow motion. We know the two trains are going to collide or the ship is going to hit the iceberg, yet the Big Event is years in the future, approaching inexorably but at a snail’s...
If we were to pick a theme song that exemplifies the baby boomers’ approach to retirement, we would probably choose the Frank Sinatra hit, “I Did It My Way.” Face it, the baby boomers – the oldest of whom is about to turn 80 – don’t want to be told what to do. They...
Are retirees really “unretiring” and going back to work? Here at the Blog, we’ve read plenty of articles that suggest the answer is yes. Some have even referred to “the Great Unretirement,” asserting that many of those forced into retiring earlier than planned during...
