When it comes to a so-called “claiming strategy” for Social Security benefits, there’s no one-size-fits-all recommendation. The sheer number of variables involved makes this a complex decision. It seems to us that the answer to any question related to the timing of...
The loss of a spouse is one of life’s most profound challenges. Whether it happens suddenly or after a long period of decline, the emotional weight is immense. Amidst this grief, surviving spouses face a demanding list of legal and administrative responsibilities that...
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...
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. A few months back, we read a Wall Street Journal column in which financial writer...
At an age when many of us are slowing down, Dave McClung of Olathe, Kansas, is heading in the opposite direction. In fact, last October this active octogenarian set an unofficial record as the oldest climber ever to reach South Base Camp on Nepal’s Mount Everest. Just...
Here at the Blog, we’ve heard the term “SuperAgers” before. It turns out the notion of calling some seniors “SuperAgers” goes back at least a decade and a half, and it refers (as we’ll see below) to men and women in their eighties and beyond whose memory seems not to...
