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Solo Agers: 8 Solid Retirement Tips to Plan More and Worry Less
Making plans for retirement is an important stage of life, particularly for those who are reaching this milestone on their own – a group known as “solo agers” or “elder orphans.”
Retirement planning has its hurdles, but it can be made more difficult if you do it alone, without the assistance of a spouse or close family.
Solo agers can, however, clear the path to a safe and contented retirement with the appropriate plans and forward-thinking.
These are eight crucial pointers for single individuals starting to prepare for retirement…
The Middle Class: What Does it Actually Mean & Are You Still in it?
The term “middle class” goes all the way back to 1745.
In more recent history, it’s been a way to describe those able to afford American comfort – people existing between the working and upper classes, neither struggling with, nor flush with money, but able to afford luxuries such as the occasional vacation and eating out at restaurants.
In 2009, The Economist characterized the middle class as:
having a reasonable amount of discretionary income and defined it as beginning at the point where people have roughly a third of their income left for discretionary spending after paying for basic food and shelter.
Today’s Affirmation
Financial Quote of the Day: “The habit of saving is itself an education; it fosters every virtue, teaches self-denial, cultivates... Continue Reading