This week’s retirement strategies and news

July 12 July 12     FOLLOW US      NEWS SPORTS LIFE MONEY TECH TRAVEL OPINION WEATHER USATODAY.COM   MONEY   Personal Finance   South Dakota is best overall for retirement? New Bankrate.com survey thinks so     A Bankrate.com study finds the best and worst states to spend retirement based on health care, living expenses, weather, crime and well-being.     Read Story     Personal Finance           Reality check: Social Security will survive, but will it be enough? Many Americans think Social Security will disappear in about 15 years. The good news: It will continue longer than that. But there's bad news, too.                                   Personal Finance           Analysis: The must-read Trump quote on Social Security's future Despite plain-as-day problems, America's most important social program is unlikely to be fixed anytime soon.                                   Personal Finance           Why more people should probably use pre-tax retirement accounts instead of Roths Anyone saving for retirement has probably had to decide between saving in a Roth account versus a traditional retirement account. It's not about your income, it's about your tax rate.                                 Advertisement   Personal Finance           Can't agree on investing style? How couples can marry their financial goals Some couples don’t discover their investing style differences until they fester into conflicts. You can avoid discord by bringing financial topics into the open, finding common ground and compromising. Here are some typical investment-style cla                                   Personal Finance           Retirement risk: Divorce is almost as bad for your savings as the Great Recession was When all is said and done, ending a marriage can be almost as destructive to your retirement savings as the Great Recession was, according to new findings from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. You can still leave your retirement                                    Personal Finance           This was the average American's 401(k) balance last year. How do you compare? New data from Vanguard, however, tells us that the average 401(k) balance among their participants was $103,866 last year. At first glance, that might seem like a decent chunk of savings. But in reality, it's not a whole lot.                                   Personal Finance           Retirement planning: Go abroad and you can live nicely on just $30,000 a year More and more retirees are considering moving abroad. Here are five places where the cost of living is low, really low.                                   Personal Finance           Medicare benefits: 7 frequently asked questions Medicare covers, or will eventually cover, virtually all American workers, but this massive healthcare program isn't well understood by millions of people. Here are seven things all Americans should know about Medicare.                                   Personal Finance           You're probably approaching your Social Security claiming decision all wrong There's perhaps no decision that's more important for retirees than their Social Security claiming age. Being shortsighted could wind up costing you a lot of money.                                   The Day In Pictures Gallery Consuello Jessop, of Providence, R.I., photographs the sunrise at Ocean Park in Old Orchard Beach, Maine.     Popular Stories Kelly was upset about the food at NATO breakfast, not Trump Germany remark, Sanders says Top Democrat Linda Sanchez says it's time for 'generational change' in dig at Nancy Pelosi Papa John's Chairman John Schnatter resigns after apologizing for racial slur   To forward this e-mail to a friend, click here You are currently subscribed to this newsletter with the address: bimagroup2.onlineincome@blogger.com. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please click here. Manage Subscriptions | Help | Advertise | Home Delivery | Privacy Policy - Your California Privacy Rights © 2018 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. 7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA 22108