Money Management: Financial Advice for Baby Boomers and Seniors
Whether you're a baby boomer planning for retirement, a senior living on a fixed income, or anyone looking for better returns on your investments, here is information that can help you reach your financial goals.
How to Use Free Credit Reports to Manage Your Money and Avoid Identity Theft
Criminals often target seniors for identity theft and other financial scams. One way seniors and other consumers can guard against identity theft is to order free credit reports and review them regularly to watch for any unauthorized activity that may signal identity theft has occurred. Learn how to order your free credit reports, and how you can use them to manage your money and proect yourself against identity theft.
Criminals often target seniors for identity theft and other financial scams. One way seniors and other consumers can guard against identity theft is to order free credit reports and review them regularly to watch for any unauthorized activity that may signal identity theft has occurred. Learn how to order your free credit reports, and how you can use them to manage your money and proect yourself against identity theft.
Free Tax Help & Filing for Low- and Middle-Income Taxpayers, Special Assistance for Seniors and People with Disabilities
How to get free tax help and free tax return filing for low income and middle income taxpayers. Special tax help for seniors and people with disabilities.
How to get free tax help and free tax return filing for low income and middle income taxpayers. Special tax help for seniors and people with disabilities.
Retirement Planning - What Recent Retirees Wish They Had (or Hadn’t) Done
When it comes to retirement planning, most retirees wish they had done more retirement planning. Check these retirement planning tips from retirees.
When it comes to retirement planning, most retirees wish they had done more retirement planning. Check these retirement planning tips from retirees.
Consumer Protection: Get Free Information to Protect Yourself from Fraud
How to get free consumer protection information; protect your
How to get free consumer protection information; protect your
How to Find the Best Online Pharmacy
Is it true that an online pharmacy can save you money on prescription drugs? Yes, and here's how to find the best prices from reputable online pharmacy companies.
Is it true that an online pharmacy can save you money on prescription drugs? Yes, and here's how to find the best prices from reputable online pharmacy companies.
Seniors Choose Canada Prescription Drugs Over Medicare Prescription Drug Plan
Why many seniors choose Canada prescription drugs over the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan.
Why many seniors choose Canada prescription drugs over the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan.
Health Care Insurance Crisis: What Bothers Baby Boomers, and What Can Be Done?
Health care is a big issue for baby boomers, as rising health care costs, inadequate health care coverage and increased health problems face baby boomers headed for retirement. Suggested health care solutions.
Health care is a big issue for baby boomers, as rising health care costs, inadequate health care coverage and increased health problems face baby boomers headed for retirement. Suggested health care solutions.
Consolidate Retirement Funds for Easier Money Management
Simplify your money management by combining several retirement fund accounts into one. Benefits and options for consolidating retirement funds into one IRA.
Simplify your money management by combining several retirement fund accounts into one. Benefits and options for consolidating retirement funds into one IRA.
6 Tips to Avoid Credit-Card Late Fees
Credit card late fees have tripled in the past 10 years, as credit-card companies make up for lower interest rates. Here are 6 tips to help you avoid credit card late fees and save your credit rating.
Credit card late fees have tripled in the past 10 years, as credit-card companies make up for lower interest rates. Here are 6 tips to help you avoid credit card late fees and save your credit rating.
Credit-Card Late Fees - How Much Will It Really Cost You?
Credit-card late fees have nearly tripled between 1994 and 2004, as credit-card companies make up for lower interest rates. You may be surprised to learn all the different ways it could cost you to make even one late payment.
Credit-card late fees have nearly tripled between 1994 and 2004, as credit-card companies make up for lower interest rates. You may be surprised to learn all the different ways it could cost you to make even one late payment.
6 Tips to Avoid Scams
Follow these 6 simple tips to avoid being the victim of a scam.
Follow these 6 simple tips to avoid being the victim of a scam.
Plan for Retirement
With retirement just around the corner, managing your money in your 50s and 60s requires a different set of skills and priorities than it did when you were younger. Learn more about setting new financial goals, assessing investment risk, and planning for retirement.
With retirement just around the corner, managing your money in your 50s and 60s requires a different set of skills and priorities than it did when you were younger. Learn more about setting new financial goals, assessing investment risk, and planning for retirement.
Creating Your Financial Safety Net
All of your carefully laid financial plans can go up in smoke if you or your spouse die unexpectedly, experience a catastrophic illness, or develop a serious disability. Learn how you can build a financial safety net to protect your assets no matter what happens.
All of your carefully laid financial plans can go up in smoke if you or your spouse die unexpectedly, experience a catastrophic illness, or develop a serious disability. Learn how you can build a financial safety net to protect your assets no matter what happens.
101 Ways to Save Money
Benjamin Franklin said, “a penny saved is a penny earned,” and it’s still good advice. For tips on how to keep more of your hard-earned cash, check out the 101 Ways to Save Money series of articles by Deborah Fowles, your Guide to Financial Planning on About.com.
Benjamin Franklin said, “a penny saved is a penny earned,” and it’s still good advice. For tips on how to keep more of your hard-earned cash, check out the 101 Ways to Save Money series of articles by Deborah Fowles, your Guide to Financial Planning on About.com.
Save at the Gas Pump
Gasoline prices are going up faster than hemlines in the 1960s, but most of us depend on our cars for everything from basic transportation to weekend getaways. Here are 10 ways to spend less money at the pump and keep more in your wallet.
Gasoline prices are going up faster than hemlines in the 1960s, but most of us depend on our cars for everything from basic transportation to weekend getaways. Here are 10 ways to spend less money at the pump and keep more in your wallet.
Tips for Talking About Money
When one spouse is frugal and the other is not, it can strain more than the family pursestrings. Learn how to talk things out and find common financial ground in your marriage.
When one spouse is frugal and the other is not, it can strain more than the family pursestrings. Learn how to talk things out and find common financial ground in your marriage.
Applying for Social Security Retirement Benefits
Ready to retire? Here's how to apply for Social Security retirement benefits, from the U.S. Social Security Administration.
Ready to retire? Here's how to apply for Social Security retirement benefits, from the U.S. Social Security Administration.
Scams: Why Older Adults May Be More Vulnerable
A test concluded that older adults are 10 times more likely to remember misleading hints, making them more vulnerable to scams and scam artists.
A test concluded that older adults are 10 times more likely to remember misleading hints, making them more vulnerable to scams and scam artists.