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How to Safely Use Your Smartphone as a Digital Wallet
The number of people making “mobile payments"—debit and credit card payments through a smartphone—is expected to increase exponentially in the…
Money-Saving Time-Wasters (and What to Do Instead)
Everyone wants a full wallet, but some money-saving tips and tricks require hours of effort and frustration, while others end…
How to Cyberproof Your Smartphone
You may call it a “phone," but that smart device in your pocket is actually a tiny computer. And that…
Are Money Apps on Your Smartphone Safe?
There are hundreds of smartphone apps out there for saving money, account-monitoring and banking for both Apple and Android. They…
Identifying and Combating Elderspeak
When my daughter pointed out that I had just spoken to my 91-year-old mother, a former college professor, like a…
Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities: A Creative Housing Option
When Ron Bruno was a social worker at a nursing home, he met scores of residents who had lived independently…
How to Create and Complete Your Bucket List
If you're nearing or have already begun your retirement or you're dreaming of the day you'll retire, we have a…
Setting a Date for Your Retirement: Deciding When It’s Time for a New Adventure
Deciding when to retire isn't easy, especially when you're in a career you love. Even if you're very happy in…
A “Never-Retire” Retirement Plan
For decades, American workers have treated retirement—the end of the “daily grind" of working for pay—as an important part of…