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5 days ago | 
kiplinger.com | Emma Patch
Unencumbered by a demanding job or limited time off, many retirees are eager to indulge their wanderlust. About 40% of leisure travelers are 60 or older, according to 2023 data from SquareMouth, a travel insurance aggregator. But the flip side of freedom from the 9-to-5 — and the paycheck that goes along with it — is that you may have to manage your budget more carefully.
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1 month ago | 
theepochtimes.com | Emma Patch
By Emma PatchFrom Kiplinger’s Personal FinanceKathy Stokes, director of fraud prevention for the AARP Fraud Watch Network, offers expert advice for spotting and protecting against scammers. Question: Scams that rob older adults of $100,000 or more have tripled since 2020, according to the Federal Trade Commission. What is driving this trend? Story continues below advertisement Answer: The biggest crimes we’re seeing are relationship-based investment scams, typically involving cryptocurrency.
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1 month ago | 
kiplinger.com | Emma Patch
A medallion signature guarantee, also known as a medallion stamp, is designed to protect financial institutions and individuals from fraud when stocks, bonds or other financial assets are transferred from one account to another. For example, if you are the executor of an estate, you may be required to obtain a medallion stamp to authorize the transfer of securities from the original owner’s account to beneficiaries.
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Dec 23, 2024 | 
msn.com | Emma Patch
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
seniorsguide.com | Emma Patch |Brian Marsh |Joy Taylor |Yvette C. Hammett
Retirement Planning, Elder Law, and Senior Finance 11/7/2024 | By Emma Patch Millions of spouses leave the workforce every year to care for children or elderly parents, a move that can jeopardize retirement security. But if one partner is working, a spousal IRA can help close the gap. As long as one spouse has earned income and the couple files a joint tax return, the working spouse can contribute to an IRA in the nonworking spouse’s name.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
boomermagazine.com | Nick Thomas |Rick Steves |Emma Patch |Annie Tobey
“Take a Hike!” with writer Nick Thomas to Oklahoma City, to the colorful Scissortail Park and the unforgettable Skydance Bridge, with its striking form and stunning nighttime illumination. With over 90 miles of trails weaving through the area, Oklahoma City’s numerous parks are a haven for walkers, joggers, and hikers alike.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
boomermagazine.com | Rick Steves |Emma Patch |Nick Thomas |Annie Tobey
It’s sunset, and I’m at the place to be in Granada – the breathtaking San Nicolás viewpoint overlooking the fortress of the Alhambra. Here, at the edge of the city’s exotic Moorish quarter, lovers, widows, and tourists jostle for the best view of the hill-capping, floodlit fortress, the last stronghold of the Moorish kingdom in Spain. For more than 700 years, Spain, the most Catholic of countries, lived under Muslim rule, until the Christians retook the land in 1492.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
boomermagazine.com | Rick Steves |Emma Patch |Nick Thomas |Annie Tobey
Picturesque day trips from Amsterdam include Edam, Marken, and Volendam, three villages in a region northeast of Amsterdam aptly called the Waterland. Rick Steves takes us there. Whenever I visit Amsterdam, I take time to visit the lush lowlands of Holland. In a country like the Netherlands – so small and with such a fine transportation infrastructure – day-tripping is easy to do.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
msn.com | Emma Patch
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
kiplinger.com | Emma Patch
Talking about money can be uncomfortable and awkward. But if you want to be considerate of others while staying within your budget, you should establish guidelines on matters such as dining out with friends, attending a wedding or deciding how much to tip. A lot of people think money is not polite conversation, but contemporary etiquette guidelines indicate the opposite.
