Lack of a Will Could Mean Chaos for Prince's Estate
The famed recording artist Prince died leaving an unknown fortune and possibly no will or estate plan to dictate what to do with that fortune.
New Rules Provide Protections for Retirement Savings
The Department of Labor has issued new rules aimed at helping those saving for retirement. The rules are intended to prevent financial advisors from steering their clients to bad investments that offer higher payments to the advisor by requiring financial advisers to act in the best interests of their clients.
Four Steps to Take Right After an Alzheimer's Diagnosis
If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, it is important to start planning immediately.
Getting Funeral Pricing Information Is Difficult, Survey Shows
If you've lost a loved one, the last thing you want to do is spend a lot of time researching funeral homes to find the best prices. Unfortunately, funeral homes do not make it easy to figure out how much a funeral will cost.
Avoiding Pitfalls When Forced to Start Breaking Your Retirement Piggy Bank
The first of the 75 million baby boomers began turning 70 this year (2016). Becoming a septuagenarian is a milestone in itself, but it also means that soon the IRS will likely be expecting you to start cashing out your tax-advantaged retirement savings that you may have spent decades building up.
How Does the Medicaid Look-Back Period Work?
One area that causes a lot of confusion with regard to Medicaid is the look-back period. Medicaid, unlike Medicare, is a means-based program, which means that you are only eligible for it if you have very few assets.
Hybrid Policies Allow You to Have Your Long-Term Care Insurance Cake and Eat It, Too
An increasingly popular hybrid product combines life insurance with long-term care coverage and offers buyers solutions to a number of problems that have kept people from buying traditional long-term care policies.
Problems with Guardianship Abuse Leading to Calls for Reform
A growing problem with adult guardianship abuse is causing calls to reform the system. Vulnerable elderly can get caught in the guardianship system, being harmed and exploited by the very process that is supposed to protect them.
10 Ways the Elderly Can Avoid Financial Abuse
Increased dependency due to illness, disability or cognitive impairments can make seniors susceptible to financial abuse. Here are some steps seniors or their loved ones can take to prevent financial abuse.
Last Chance to Use File and Suspend Strategy for Claiming Social Security Benefits
Time is running out to use a potentially very lucrative Social Security benefits-claiming strategy. Spouses will no longer be able to use the "file and suspend" strategy after April 29, 2016.