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For seniors, a break on mortgages
Here's a heads-up for the growing ranks of seniors whose post-retirement monthly incomes aren't sufficient to qualify for a mortgage under today's tough underwriting standards: Thanks to a rule change by the largest players in the home loan business,...Tags: Credit and Debt, Loans, Personal Finance, Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy
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Mortgage underwriting rules eased for seniors with assets
WASHINGTON — Here's a heads-up for the growing ranks of seniors whose post-retirement monthly incomes aren't sufficient to qualify for a mortgage under today's tough underwriting standards: Thanks to a rule change by the largest players in the...Tags: Credit and Debt, Loans, Pension and Welfare, Personal Finance, Interior Policy
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Working past retirement: 75% will do it, most because they want to
Three in four American workers say they intend to work past retirement age. Slightly more of them say it’s because they want to do so, not because they have to, according to a new poll from Gallup. Among employed Americans, 40% said they will...
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Column: Why pension funds are eating your 401(k)'s lunch
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pension funds - those old guaranteed-benefit retirement plans your grandma might have told you about - outperform those in 401(k) plans year after year, according to new research from consulting company Towers Watson. In 2011,...Tags: Bonds, Advice Columns and Columnists, Loans, Personal Finance, Interior Policy
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Stern Advice-Why pension funds are eating your 401(k)'s lunch
ReutersBy Linda Stern WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - Pension funds - those old guaranteed-benefit retirement plans your grandma might have told you about - outperform those in 401(k) plans year after year, according to new research from consulting company...Tags: Bonds, Loans, Pension and Welfare, Personal Finance, Interior Policy
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Council to consider mayor's proposed pension changes
With the city retirement system short hundreds of millions of dollars in unfunded liabilities, officials say they are likely to begin requiring municipal employees to contribute to their pensions. "Pretty much everyone is in agreement that it's fair,"...
Tags: Carl Stokes, William Donald Schaefer, Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy, Local Government
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Column: Transforming your 401(k) into steady income
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - A job and a paycheck - they go together like coffee and cream. But when you retire from your regular job, does that mean you have to give up the cream? A growing number of 401(k) plans are including investment choices that can help...Tags: 401K, Insurance, Wells Fargo & Co., Finance, Morningstar Incorporated
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COLUMN-Transforming your 401(k) into steady income
ReutersBy Mark Miller CHICAGO, May 21(Reuters) - A job and a paycheck - they go together like coffee and cream. But when you retire from your regular job, does that mean you have to give up the cream? A growing number of 401(k) plans are including investment...Tags: 401K, Insurance, Finance, Morningstar Incorporated
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Retirement: Start early to reach your retirement savings target
Kiplinger's Money PowerYou 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...Tags: Social Security, Personal Finance, 401K, Retirement Planning Services
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Factbox: Treasury acts to avoid hitting debt limit
Reuters(Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Monday said the Obama administration was suspending investments in the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, a government employee pension fund, to help the nation keep paying its bills now that a...Tags: Bonds, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Jack Lew, G7
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Shield Pa. taxpayers from a 'pension tsunami'
Pennsylvania's pension crisis is about to hit state homeowners and taxpayers, and the results won't be pretty. The state's two pension systems — for state government workers and public school employees — are, together, more than $47...
Tags: Justice System, Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Allentown, Natural Disasters
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Health care costs push off baby boomers' retirement plans
The Providence JournalMore baby boomers are pushing back their retirements and working longer, even as the recovery of the stock market replenishes portfolios that were depleted during the recession. The reason: health care expenses. The cost of medical care for a 65-year-...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Healthcare Policies, Over-the-Counter Medicines, Health Insurance Cost, Medicare
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