Retirement Planning Services

Workers' confidence about future retirement sinks

2013-03-19 00:00:00

The economy is improving and so is employment, but workers' optimism about a comfortable retirement has fallen to a new low, according to the annual Retirement Confidence Survey released Tuesday. Just over half of workers say they are either very...

Letter: Dinner/dance helps Catonsville nonprofit feed less fortunate

2013-03-07 10:52:48

The CEFM Network, formerly the Catonsville Emergency Food Ministries, celebrated its second annual St. Valentine Day dinner/dance Feb. 9 at the Rolling Road Golf Club. More than 150 guests attended the delicious surf and turf dinner and danced to the...

On state pensions, 'Everyone else is doing it' is no excuse

2013-02-12 11:41:48

In 1931, economist John Maynard Keynes lamented, "A sound banker, alas, is not one who foresees danger and avoids it, but one who, when he is ruined, is ruined in a conventional way along with his fellows, so that no one can really blame him." Substitute...

Fight against cancer is a fact of life for Manchester girl, 11, and her family

2013-01-06 07:53:00

Like all parents, John and Tammy Carver face daily challenges in trying to raise a large brood. But for the Manchester couple, who have adopted six youngsters from orphanages in Russia and Belarus between 1997 and 2004, those challenges also include...

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...

Transamerica: Nearly 40 percent of women get retirement advice from friends and family

2012-01-10 09:33:00

Thirty-seven percent of women polled rely on friends and family for retirement planning advice, according to a survey released today by Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies. That’s great if your friend or relative is investment guru Warren...

Retirees face the risk of outliving their money

2012-02-06 14:49:00

Until recently, retirement planning focused mostly on helping workers accumulate savings. Now, the Treasury Department is tackling another aspect: making sure retirees don't run out of money. The department last week proposed two regulations to make...

How does your savings rate measure up for your age?

2011-12-18 00:00:00

How much in savings and investments should you have by age 35 or 45? Or, for that matter, at 65 when you're likely to be near retirement? If you don't know, you have plenty of company. So many figures are bounced about that it's often difficult for...

Colts: Where are they now?

2001-05-25 00:00:00

Sid Abramowitz (T) (1983) Marietta, Ga. Salesman for a distributor of packing and paper supplies. Raul Allegre (K) (1983) Austin, Texas. Sports marketing consultant. Mack Alston (TE) (1977-80) Alexandria, Va. Assistant football coach at Howard...

The Community College of Baltimore County

2002-08-29 00:00:00

Those with good memories may remember a system of junior colleges that started in the 1950s and prepared students for four-year colleges and universities. The Independent System of Junior Colleges eventually became Catonsville Community College, Dundalk...

LETTER: Thumbs Down On State-Run Retirement Plan

2013-05-21 16:13:02

Proposed legislation to assist low-income Connecticut employees with retirement planning by creating a state-run retirement plan overlooks a fundamental point: An answer already exists. Connecticut's employers and employees already benefit from a highly...

Retirement: Start early to reach your retirement savings target

2013-05-21 02:30:06

You can't anticipate at age 25 what your final salary will be at retirement -- and therefore you can't know what 85 percent of your ending salary will be (that's the benchmark retirement analysts generally say you should set to maintain your standard of...

Quarles & Brady LLP announced the addition of Ruth A. Pivar of counsel, to the firm's substantial Chicago-office trusts and estates practice group. She was previously with Ungaretti & Harris LLP.

2013-03-20 12:23:00

Just Born Inc.: Offers comprehensive benefits program addressing associates' health and welfare, income security and retirement planning (STOCK IMAGE / MORNING CALL FILE PHOTO)

2013-02-26 08:44:13

Brittney Saks, a partner in the personal financial services practice based in Chicago, has been appointed leader of U.S. Personal Financial Services. She succeeds Richard Kohan, who retired Jan. 1.

2012-01-13 00:00:00