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The article presents suggestions to streamline and finances. Topics discussed include consolidating assets to make investments easier to track, suggests to use single credit cards like the Citi Double Cash credit card and suggestion from Ken Tumin of DepositAccounts.com, to treat a high-yield checking account as a savings account.

The article offers the author's view on retirement. She mentions that most employees failed to prepare for paying themselves in withdrawal from work. She also notes the significance of planning in ameliorating decision making as well as points out issues of signing up for Social Security and Medicare.

The article reports on couple Debra Weekley and 56-year-old late alpinist Mark Cartier who live in Portland, Oregon where Cartier had an accident on the mountain. It states Weekley's settlement from Cartier's coverage through Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), a federal law that provides health insurance to former employees and family members in the U.S. Also emphasized is the advantage of the couple's comanagement of their finances to face all the challenges.

The article focuses on the several strategies for women on financial management including the financial involvement, savings, and setting of retirement goals. Topics mentioned include the importance of financial safety, the insights of Patricia Glosner, clinical pharmacist at biopharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. on financial security, and the medical care cost management.

The article offers suggestions for 401(k) retirement planning in the U.S. Topics include the opportunities provided to young employees which are automatically be provided, the need to contribute less to match the company for career and recommended savings and the essential to become aware in retirement costs that are associated with the plans.

The article offers information on how retirees manage their dream jobs after retirement. These retirees include Ephraim King who worked as a senior manager at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), New Jersey deputy attorney general Deborah Nolan, and educators Dave and Pam Barret of Temecula, California. Topics include redevelopment of old skills, pursuing a passion, fulfilling a dream.

The article presents suggestions for protecting savings for retirement. Topics discussed include economic conditions of the U.S. stocks like Akre Focus (AKREX), international stocks like Artisan International (ARTEX), and U.S. bonds like Osterweis Strategic Income. Also being discussed are the economic condition of international bonds and short-term bonds.

The article looks at trends in retirement and offers recommendations for retirement planning in areas including employment and finances. It profiles the career and life paths of several older adults including former teacher Priscilla Jackman, former U.S. Census Bureau employee Peter Sefton, and former securities broker Greg Contro. It discusses topics including second careers, shifting from full-time to part-time work with the same employer, retirement income and tax planning, and health insurance coverage and Medicare.

The article discusses retirement issues in the U.S. when one spouse decides to retire ahead of the other. Topics covered include challenges in negotiating financial and personal priorities associated with decision to retire separately, ways to smoothen the transition to retirement, budget adjustment and social security as a source of income of the retired spouse. INSET: Phasing In and Out.

The article focuses on a study conducted by think tank Rand Corp. for finding the loss faced by caregivers while providing care. It presents views of John Schall, chief executive officer (CEO) of advocacy group Caregiver Action Network, on measures that can be used for providing efficient care including enlisting family in the health plans, providing other helpful services and coverage of homemaking care.

The article discusses some ways that would help investors survive a stock market turmoil in 2016. Investors are advised to avoid selling their depreciated stocks and take into consideration that the market will recover. New retirees are recommended to keep 40% to 60% of their assets in stocks. Other recommendations include ensuring diversification of investments, adhering to high-quality holdings, and rethinking one's own withdrawal strategy.

The article explains why the U.S. Social Security program will be able to pay all promised benefits only until the year 2033, and discusses several possible measures for addressing the problem. Recommendations include increasing the retirement age, making a higher level of earnings subject to Social Security taxes, and raising payroll taxes.

The article focuses on Ian Mackinnon, an engineer for Sunoco, who had a savings account and wanted advice on how to invest it for a higher return. It mentions his saving for retirement in his 401(k) and their suggestion to him to consider financial planner. It presents views of assistant charter school principal Devon Madison about financial planner.

The article discusses plans of older people for retirement. Topics discussed include number of older households living within 10 miles of at least one child, according to the Health and Retirement Study sponsored by the National Institute on Aging, comments from Cheryl Sherrard, a certified financial planner (CFP) on parents moving closer to young grandchildren and Lynn Dunston, a CFP, to first identify motivation for moving.

The article profiles stand-up comic Nora Nolan. It mentions her first career as an accountant which she left to joint the world of comedy. It also notes that Nolan asked for advice on financial management and went to her parent's apartment to prepare leading to her success in becoming a comedy writer in Los Angeles, California.

A first person narrative is presented which explores the author's experince of contributing maximum to the retirement accounts.

The article discusses the expenses that near-retirees should consider before adopting a downsizing strategy and using home equity to increase their retirement savings in the U.S. These include the condominium association fees on top of insurance and property taxes and the costs of home repairs and upgrades and furniture transportation. However, the author emphasizes that moving to a condominium or apartment has also many advantages such as reducing electricity bills and eliminating yardwork.

The article presents comparison on the previous and previous life of the Nimrods, a high school basketball team in Watersmeet, Michigan and includes information about the team's coach George Peterson, their team's activities and commercial and publicity in the U.S. television.

The article presents the author's views on the management of health care costs despite of increasing expenses. It discusses a report issued by analyst Sudipto Banerjee in which two categories of healthcare cost was discussed including predictable and unpredictable. Other topics discussed includes prediction of retirement health costs, factors affecting health care estimates and investments in long-term-care insurance.

The article offers information on the benefits of neighborhood villages to elderly people in the U.S. The topics discussed include the reasons why Beacon Hill Village introduced the neighborhood village concept, the estimated number of villages which practiced the concept, and services showcased by neighborhood village service providers.

The article offers information on author Emily Gould who wrote several books including "Smartest Money Moves at Any Age," and "And the Heart Says Whatever."

The article offers the author's insights on the advantage of renting over buying a new place when downsizing. The author cites several benefits of renting especially for starters as it can be more flexible and allows a lid on housing expenses. It offers the insight of Michael Palmer, a certified financial planner in Raleigh, North Carolina, on owning a condominium unit.

The article discusses the increasing number of retired Americans who are spending their retirement by traveling overseas. Topics discussed include affordable adventure being enjoyed by retirees, retirees' use of online banking to pay bills and transact their Social Security checks, and Social Security income and savings being used by retirees to finance their adventure.

The article discusses the financial planning required for after-retirement life. Topics include calculating life expectancy and longevity, making right use of social security, and pension and annuity. Online tools to calculate life expectancy and buying longevity insurance and deferred-income annuity are also mentioned.

The article presents an interview with chief actuary Stephen Goss of the U.S. Social Security Administration. Topics discussed include his confidence that the U.S. Congress will always take whatever action is necessary to preserve the Social Security program, how benefits for the program are funded, and why the program is projected to have financing to pay all promised benefits only until the year 2033.

The article describes circumstances under which Social Security beneficiaries in the U.S. can rescind their decision to collect benefits and not suffer a financial penalty when they decide to resume benefits.

Profiles the physical and financial struggle of Ryan Stoy, a multiple organ recipient. The cost of health care; What insurance pays; Controversy of shopping transplant programs; Paying for prescriptions; Choosing a hospital; Alternative payment methods; Tax deduction benefits. INSET: How to become a donor (Contact points).

Reports on nonprofit groups that claim they are not endorsing products that display their logo. The arrangement that the non-profit group may have with a for-profit corporation; The question of what is behind the seal; The benefits of corporate partnership that provide money and a platform for public health campaigns; The arrangement having the potential of a strong conflict of interest.