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Regardless of how healthy you are, health care in retirement is a major expense that requires preparation and planning. Many people assume Medicare will cover all their healthcare needs after age 65, but the truth is, Medicare won’t cover everything. In this video, learn a few options to help bridge the gap.
“I once had a client tell me his goal was to die with just enough money to pay his very last doctor’s bill,” says CAPTRUST Financial Advisor Mike Gray. Even though the comment was made in jest, the client was serious about not exhausting his money too soon. Gray says this is a common concern.
After an illustrious career in drug development and research, Dr. Robert Ruffolo retired from Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in 2008. For decades, he gave his all as a scientist and pharmaceutical executive. His crowning achievement was the discovery of carvedilol, a revolutionary treatment for congestive heart failure that has helped tens of millions of patients and for which he was honored with some of his industry’s most prestigious awards.
In 2023, consensus expectations proved wildly incorrect. Most market watchers predicted a recession, but the economy showed resilience instead. Today, a soft landing has become the expected scenario for 2024. But last year’s lessons are still true, and a soft landing is no sure thing.
Insurance is one way to manage financial risk. Most people understand the basics of insurance through their experiences with auto, health, or home insurance. But there are other types of insurance that may help you protect your financial health, including disability, life, and long-term care. This video explains major types of insurance that you may want to consider as part of your financial plan.
In this article, we discuss ways to get the most from permanent life insurance.
The stereotype of the ambition less adult child living in their parents’ basement is firmly entrenched in American culture. A less predictable scenario is the married college graduate with two children and an established career who still relies on their parents to help pay bills. Yet this is a reality for nearly half of parents from the baby boomer generation.
In 2022, more than 2.4 million people became the victims of financial fraud, losing a total of nearly $8.8 billion, according to the Federal TradeCommission. People of all ages lost money, but the amount was highest for people over 50, and it increased in correlation with the victims’ ages. In other words—and not surprisingly—as we age, we are more likely to be taken advantage of financially.
