Social Security is a central pillar in retirement security for current retirees and baby boomers. Younger generations are predicting a different outcome. More than 60% of current retirees say their monthly Social Security checks are the primary way they cover their expenses, while just 13% of millennials expect that to be their situation, according to
The over 49,000 United Auto Workers members have been on strike from General Motors for about a month may be close to a deal. All parties paid dearly for the strike because the stakes are so high. GM has lost up to $1.5 billion in profits according to the Anderson Economic Group, a Lansing public policy
Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses payment of survivor’s benefits to multiple spouses, common-law marriage, potential effects of benefits based on a spouse’s public pension, what to do with benefits received on behalf of children and the earnings test. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president
Michael Jordan, seen here in November 2018 in Wilmingon, North Carolina, greets people and shares … [+] Thanksgiving meals with the community impacted by Hurricane Florence. Jordan was raised in Wilmington. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) ASSOCIATED PRESS The swish of autumnal winds welcomed community members and guests to an outdoor ribbon-cutting ceremony yesterday. They had gathered
CNBC’s Jim Cramer has a jam-packed week full of earnings reports circled on his calendar for the trading week starting Monday. Questions abound whether economic weakness and trade worries will continue to spook investors, although consumer-based companies are given a pass, the “Mad Money” host said Friday. “Next week is tough to game. Too many