Tag: retirement

Maintaining a network of family, friends, or even golfing buddies is critical to cognitive and physical health in old age, research has shown. What wasn’t known is how work affects the social lives of older people. Does work foster social ties or limit the time one has to socialize? A new study by Eleonora Patacchin…
When between 45 percent and 60 percent of Americans don’t have enough money for retirement, encouraging saving is a national priority. A related issue is preserving the funds once they’re set aside. A survey released last month by Transamerica indicates that workers frequently resort to hardship withdrawals and loans from their 401(k)s, because they lack…