This year’s soaring prices and volatile financial markets have caused investors, consumers and retirees to make plenty of money mistakes—and they are not alone! Even...
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Stop Paying for Unused Subscriptions
How much do you think you spend each month for subscriptions you’ve forgotten about? A recent survey shows that people think they’re spending about $86...
Time to Revise Your Will?
Will your will actually do what you want it to do? You might never know—but your heirs could pay the price if it doesn’t. Working...
Medicare Advantage Ads May Be Misleading
A new way to get more from Medicare for less…zero premiums…free dental. If you are 65 or older, you’re probably overwhelmed with ads on TV,...
Social Security Can Ask for Money Back From You
Your elderly mother receives a notice in the mail from the Social Security Administration (SSA). It claims that she has been paid too much in...
Medigap: What You Need to Know
Medigap is an unfamiliar and confusing topic for many of us who are approaching retirement age—but the Medigap decisions we make now could dramatically affect...
Friendly Fraud?
Recently I noticed an unfamiliar charge on my Visa bill. I filed a dispute with the credit card company, got a quick refund—and whoops!—realized that...
Time to Review Your Estate-Planning Tools
Have your estate-planning tools turned against you? Can you trust your trusts to work as intended? Estate-planning decisions that made perfect sense when you put...
Save Big on Your Next Cruise
Cruising is one of the most convenient ways to explore multiple destinations in a single week or enjoy a fun three- or four-night tropical getaway....
Paper Check Fraud Is On the Rise
Check fraud may seem like an outdated crime in today’s world of digital payments, but it’s surging, according to an alert sent to banks by...
Get the Most from Your Financial Adviser
Turbulent investment markets and soaring inflation are prompting more Americans to use financial advisers to navigate their increasingly complicated financial lives. In a recent Harris...
It Is So Easy to Be Scammed
My phone dinged the other day, indicating that I had a new text message. It was my bank letting me know that there had been...
