Retirement

Annapolis retiree awarded $342,000 in bad-mortgage case

2012-05-11 16:10:21

A 78-year-old Annapolis man who said he was duped into getting unsuitable mortgages — sending the home he had owned for decades into foreclosure — was awarded $342,000 by an Anne Arundel County jury this week. The jury found that Dennis...

Social Security: Hurting but still treatable

2012-04-24 10:25:00

Can politics ever be subordinated for the public good? Anyone watching Democrats and Republicans bicker today might believe that impossible. Certainly, Washington has had plenty of opportunities in the past two years on matters of budget and taxes and...

Young investors show less interest in IRAs

2012-04-03 06:16:32

Give anyone age 40 and older a time machine and they would likely go back to their early 20s — to open an IRA. That's because by 40, many of us have learned the miracle of compound earnings over time. We kick ourselves for not socking away even...

General Assembly elevates the trivial, neglects pension reform

2012-04-10 11:37:00

State legislators often prioritize important legislation the way kindergartners rank vegetables among the food groups. They focus on media-friendly social legislation instead of structural reform requiring time and effort to understand and craft. Why,...

Many don't know about tax break for lower-income homeowners

2012-02-25 11:16:00

Vera Artis would seem to be a perfect fit for the state program created decades ago to ease the property tax burden on homeowners with modest incomes. She has no major assets beyond the tidy East Baltimore townhouse that she and her husband, now...

Dealing with the cost of senior living facilities

2012-02-27 07:35:00

About 30 members of Mason-Dixon Business Association attended the organization's Feb.15 luncheon meeting to hear a presentation by Kevin Cysyk, executive director of Country Meadows Retirement Communities of York, Pa. Held at Geneva Farm Golf Club's Twin...

T. Rowe Price: Most young investors not confident about retirement

2012-03-08 12:17:00

Just about four out of 10 investors age 21 to 50 are confident they will have enough money to retire, according to a recent online study by Baltimore-based�T. Rowe Price. Of course, the biggest advantage that young investors have is their youth. They...

Eight things you might not know about Social Security

2012-03-11 00:00:00

Most of us know some basics about Social Security. We understand retirees can start taking retirement benefits at age 62. We realize we'll get a bigger monthly check if we wait a few years more until our normal retirement age to tap benefits. And who...

Readers' feedback on Social Security

2012-03-12 07:15:00

My column on Social Security got a big response from readers. One of the points made is the big reward retirees can get by postponing benefits until 70, if possible. Waiting an extra four years from full retirement age, now 66 for many, to 70 would...

A betrayal of veterans

2012-03-27 12:30:22

"I want to be absolutely clear: We cannot, and we must not, balance the budget on the backs of our veterans, and as commander in chief, I won't allow it." — President Barack Obama "It is absolutely essential to honor the commitments we have made...

Fewer workers saving for retirement, more under financial stress

2012-03-13 05:16:00

Workers' confidence about their retirement is at a near-record low. Fewer are salting away money for their later years, and the majority have less than $25,000 in savings and investments. But their biggest worry isn't retirement. It's job security....

Baltimore County pension windfall should be investigated

2011-12-20 04:30:00

Thank you for exposing the "sweetheart pension deal" that Baltimore County officials Kevin Kamenetz, Stephen G. Samuel Moxely, Vincent J. Gardina and Arnold Jablon, are receiving. For these county officials to draw or bank retirement benefits while...

Dusk settles over the ice-covered bay of Lake Superior at Grand Marais, Minn. The Minneapolis-St. Paul area ranks high for retiree-friendly attributes such as environment and spiritual life.

2011-10-31 15:04:13

John Olvany has been hired as managing director at Drexel Hamilton, which on Monday announced the opening of its Chicago office at 30 South Wacker Drive.

2011-10-31 00:00:00

Susan Reimer writes that legal and logistical hurdles prevent a solution that's in the best interests of everyone: a more gradual transition for Baby Boomers from work to retirement.

2011-10-21 11:35:08