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Are Annuities the Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread?

By Grandfather, Dennis Miller

Are annuities the greatest thing since sliced bread?

Well, no, but they do make sense for some investors as part of their portfolio. However, we have to shop wisely and not allow sales agents to push us into the wrong products just to fatten their own wallets. Unfortunately, that makes some [...]

Grandparents Are Afraid They Simply Won’t Be Able To Retire

By Dennis Miller

Many grandparents are afraid they simply won’t be able to retire – or stay retired – when and how they planned. We can talk about retiring later, taking a part-time job, and cutting back on expenses, but those are only partial solutions. Of the seniors who are still working, very few are [...]

Why So Many Grandparents Are Still Working

By Dennis Miller

Go into any fast food restaurant or retail store and you’ll find a lot of seniors working for minimum wage. Here’s why.

When personal computers hit the scene, numerous retirement-planning programs quickly became available. You entered your personal financial information, along with yield and inflation projections, and the computer would tell [...]

Can Grandparents Profit from Risks?

By Dennis Miller Live off the interest, and never touch the principal. Today’s retirees had this drummed into their minds long ago. It is, after all, a laudable goal, and something every retiree and person approaching retirement should aspire to. But how in the heck are we supposed to do it?A friend recently told [...]

How Grandparents Can Help Their “Kids” Teach “Their Kids” About Money Smarts

by John Lanza

My mom recently sent my daughter a heartfelt, written card with $15 dollars inside. In front of Abraham Lincoln’s face on each of the three five spots was a yellow sticky note. The first read “Share,” the second “Save” and the last “Spend Smart.” Our eight-year-old quickly deposited the money in [...]

Grandparents: Do You Know Myth versus Fact When It Comes to the Future of Medicare?

By Ross Blair, senior vice president, eHealthMedicare.com

Medicare’s annual enrollment period is still about six months away, but contentious budget talks and the implementation of health care reform may already have you scratching your head when it comes to Medicare.

Health reform brings with it some important changes, and as Congress [...]

Grandparents, You Can Captain Your Own Retirement Ship

By Dennis Miller When Kerry Lutz turned off the recorder after interviewing me for the Financial Survival Network a few weeks ago, we started talking about a common challenge we both face: getting an entire generation to wake up and see that we have a real problem. Most seniors and savers readily admit that [...]