by Jeannette Jones | Dec 1, 2021 | Healthcare & Wellness, Retirement
We’re nearing the end of Medicare’s open enrollment period for 2022 policies, which began October 15th and ends on December 7th this year, so if you’ve reached 65 you’re probably being inundated with marketing about Medicare Advantage and prescription drug insurance...
by Chip Workman | Nov 17, 2021 | Retirement
At TAAG, we’re fortunate to spend our workdays helping individuals and families shape their finances to ensure they reach their most important life goals. Retirement, or being financially free enough to no longer need to earn an income, is often chief among these...
by Sarah Tenhundfeld | Nov 10, 2021 | Retirement
At the end of August, the Trustees of the Social Security trust fund reported that the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund, which pays retirement and survivors benefits, would only be able to pay scheduled benefits on a timely basis until 2033. This was...
by Sarah Tenhundfeld | Oct 9, 2019 | Financial Education, Retirement
The 401(k) plan is the most popular employer-sponsored retirement plan today. Sixty-five percent of employers offer a 401(k) or similar plan to their employees. The world today has largely shifted the burden of retirement savings from the employer to the employee....
by Jeannette Jones | Sep 25, 2019 | Budgeting, Financial Planning, Retirement
The song Once in a Lifetime sums up the way I believe many people feel when they get to a certain point in their lives. Time has passed, they made decisions – or avoided making them – and they find themselves living a life they aren’t so sure about. Or as Talking...
by taaginc | Apr 24, 2019 | Effective Decision Making, Personal Stories, Retirement
During my junior year of college, my two cats and I lived in a one-bedroom apartment a few miles away from campus (I was apparently trying to get the crazy cat lady thing knocked out early). The place wasn’t much, but it was all I could afford working full-time as a...
