While money and work have consistently topped the American Psychological Association’s annual Stress in America™ survey over its more than 10-year history, last year a new stressor moved to the forefront: “the future of our nation.”
In the winter of 2017, about 80,000 Americans died of the flu and related complications, while the number of people hospitalized neared 1 million, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
According to a telecommunications study of 50 billion telephone calls over an 18-month period, nearly four percent of calls in 2017 were fraudulent. In 2018, that number jumped to 29 percent of all calls.
While couples tend to work on their retirement plans together, it’s a good idea to stress-test the plan by imagining that the wife might outlive the husband.
Many doctors, lawyers, business owners and self-proprietors miss out on the advantages of a larger employer-sponsored 401(k) plan.