Is your estate plan truly complete? Before you answer, you might want to take a look at this insightful article from Kiplinger that talks about elements of what the author considers a complete est...

The old adage reminds us that “those who fail to plan, plan to fail.” This sentiment is undeniably true in the arena of retirement planning. It helps explain a dismal statistic often cited by Rajiv Nagaich: while 90 percent of seniors hope to age in place, only about 30 percent actually live out their lives in their own homes.

In too many instances, that gap...

Every so often, a story comes across our desks that demands our full attention. We experienced that late last year when we first encountered this deeply mov...

If you are part of an unmarried couple—two people sharing a home and a life without a marriage certificate—you are part of a significant national trend. Recent data shows the marriage rate in the United States continues to decline while the number of cohabiting couples is steadily rising.

Whether this shift is viewed as a positive or negative sociological c...

As we read about the political maneuvering and posturing in our nation’s capital, it’s often easy to dismiss all the noise because “it doesn’t affect us.” One case in point involves the cuts to Medicaid that were included in the legislation nicknamed “One Big, Beautiful Bill.” (We wrote about that bill