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2 weeks ago | 
morningstar.com | Jessica Hall
By Jessica Hall The cost-of-living adjustment for 2026 would be below the 20-year average and the 2025 figure Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment for 2026 is expected to be below this year's level, analysts said Thursday, due to tamer inflationary pressures - yet recent market turmoil and the Trump administration's tariffs could force seniors to scramble to cover basic necessities.
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2 weeks ago | 
marketwatch.com | Jessica Hall
The cost-of-living adjustment for 2026 would be below the 20-year average and the 2025 figurePublished: April 10, 2025 at 12:36 p.m. ETSocial Security’s cost-of-living adjustment for 2026 is expected to be below this year’s level, analysts said Thursday, due to tamer inflationary pressures — yet recent market turmoil and the Trump administration’s tariffs could force seniors to scramble to cover basic necessities.
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2 weeks ago | 
morningstar.com | Jessica Hall
By Jessica Hall A new book challenges the conventional wisdom that retirees are struggling What if the pundits, the media and the policymakers are all wrong about retirement? There isn't a personal-savings crisis; people already are responsible, working longer and claiming Social Security later; and retirees feel secure.
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3 weeks ago | 
marketwatch.com | Jessica Hall
Jessica Hall is a retirement reporter for MarketWatch. She was an Age Boom Academy Fellow with Columbia University and completed the Leadership Exchange on Ageism. She previously worked at Mainebiz, the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram, where she and her team earned a Scripps Howard Award for Community Journalism for a series on aging. She spent 17 years at Reuters, covering mergers and acquisitions, telecommunications and airlines.
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3 weeks ago | 
morningstar.com | Jessica Hall
By Jessica Hall Plan ahead now for the worst-case scenario You don't need a hefty bank balance or massive estate in order to need a will and estate plan. There are simple moves you can make in your lifetime to make your death less traumatic for your family. Less than half (46%) of U.S. adults have a will, according to Gallup. Adults aged 65 and older are the most likely cohort to have a will, with 76% saying they have one, the polling firm found.
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3 weeks ago | 
marketwatch.com | Jessica Hall
Jessica Hall is a retirement reporter for MarketWatch. She was an Age Boom Academy Fellow with Columbia University and completed the Leadership Exchange on Ageism. She previously worked at Mainebiz, the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram, where she and her team earned a Scripps Howard Award for Community Journalism for a series on aging. She spent 17 years at Reuters, covering mergers and acquisitions, telecommunications and airlines.
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3 weeks ago | 
morningstar.com | Jessica Hall
By Jessica Hall Bisignano now faces vote by the full Senate Frank Bisignano, a self-described "DOGE person," saw his nomination as head of the Social Security Administration advance by a thin margin with full Republican support on Wednesday. The Senate Finance Committee voted along party lines, 14 to 13, in favor of Bisignano's nomination to run the agency that provides $1.6 trillion in benefits each year to about 70 million beneficiaries.
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3 weeks ago | 
marketwatch.com | Jessica Hall
Jessica Hall is a retirement reporter for MarketWatch. She was an Age Boom Academy Fellow with Columbia University and completed the Leadership Exchange on Ageism. She previously worked at Mainebiz, the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram, where she and her team earned a Scripps Howard Award for Community Journalism for a series on aging. She spent 17 years at Reuters, covering mergers and acquisitions, telecommunications and airlines.
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3 weeks ago | 
marketwatch.com | Jessica Hall
Jessica Hall is a retirement reporter for MarketWatch. She was an Age Boom Academy Fellow with Columbia University and completed the Leadership Exchange on Ageism. She previously worked at Mainebiz, the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram, where she and her team earned a Scripps Howard Award for Community Journalism for a series on aging. She spent 17 years at Reuters, covering mergers and acquisitions, telecommunications and airlines.
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3 weeks ago | 
morningstar.com | Jessica Hall
By Jessica Hall There will be 9.3 million job openings for direct-care workers in the home healthcare sector over the next decade, research says As the first baby boomers turn 80 this year, the demand for home healthcare workers is expected to surge. At the same time, the Trump administration is ramping up its campaign to deport immigrants, who make up about one-third of such care providers.
