The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced results of a large clinical trial last year that found that a daily low-dose aspirin in healthy older adults didn’t prolong life or help prevent heart disease, physical disability, dementia, or stroke, and that aspirin doesn’t have the same benefits for healthy older adults as scientists once thought.
Retirement
Portrait of beautiful senior woman sitting in cafe and uses a mobile phone Getty Older workers are surely thinking about working longer since they are approaching retirement with a median retirement wealth balance of about $15,000. Some cities and regions are more friendly to older workers than other places. There are many stories about where
Source: Stock.Adobe.com How puts and calls can protect your retirement portfolio People approaching retirement or who are already retired have gotten used to an investment routine. A while back, they decided on a mix of stock index funds and bond funds. These may have been provided by their employer’s 401(k) plan. Alternatively, a business owner
When the Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA or Act) was passed in December 2017, many high net worth individuals and families were ecstatic. The new laws provided for a doubling of the federal estate, gift and GST tax exemption amounts, as well as the continuation of both the spousal portability provision and the step-up
Risk. Getty Last week the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) substantially altered the economic picture when it reported revised numbers of total jobs created over the last year. The revision was substantial—private-sector job creation had been overestimated by more than 500,000 jobs in 2018. The revision helps explain some odd phenomena—like wages not increasing rapidly when the