Tag: Social Security
For most retirees, figuring out how much money to withdraw from savings every year is a difficult-to-impossible math problem. But the issue goes much deeper: fears about what the future might bring make this decision overwhelming. Extreme caution is a popular solution. A 2009 study estimated that by the time middle-income retirees are in their…
It’s always interesting to see which Squared Away blogs get the strongest reaction from our readers. The June blog, “Husbands Ignore Future Widows’ Needs,” was one of them. Some readers felt that the results of the study described in the article don’t match up with their experiences. The researchers determined that husbands often are not…
