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Retirement Savings Is a Bigger Crisis Than Health Care 05/23/2017 08:00pm • Everyone talks about how health care is the biggest crisis facing retirees, but unfortunately that crisis takes a distant second to another, far more serious issue. Most retirees don't have any money. A 2015 National Institute on Retirement Security study found that the median working-age household How to Open Your First Brokerage Account 05/23/2017 08:00pm • A brokerage firm is one of the first places investors consider for buying and selling stocks, bonds, mutual or exchange-traded funds and other investments. Just like ice cream, brokerage firms can vary greatly in quality, options and price, from the plain vanilla variety -- such as a discount broke 6 Smart Money Moves to Make Before Living on Your Own 05/22/2017 08:00pm • If your landlords are your parents, at least you're trendy. A new report from the U.S. Census Bureau found that there are now more young people -- those between ages 18 and 34 -- living with their parents than any other arrangement. That's one out of three young people. Now, those numbers are slight Excitement surrounds space telescope, Moon missions 05/22/2017 06:25am • WASHINGTON — While out to sea and touring the far west for the past 31 days, there has been a lot going on lately with regard to NASA space missions, so I thought I would bring WTOP readers up to speed. The biggest news to me is that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently departed NASAâ 7 Tips to Maintain Social Connections in Retirement 05/21/2017 08:00pm • Many people do most of their socializing on the job. But workplace social invitations tend to stop after you retire. Retirees need to find ways to maintain or form new social connections in order to avoid becoming isolated. Here's how to prevent loneliness in retirement: Expand your social netwo Conflict Feeds Rising Divorce Rates Across Gaza 05/21/2017 08:00pm • GAZA CITY, The Gaza Strip -- Rula and her husband had started to frequently fight. They clashed over small things, like how she talked back to him, and big differences, like how to raise their children in the Gaza Strip, a small and war-torn coastal enclave controlled by the militant Hamas and with Md. health department confirms case of measles 05/20/2017 11:34pm • WASHINGTON — People in some areas of Prince George's County and D.C. may have been exposed to measles. A case of measles was confirmed May 19, and the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene want people to know as a precaution. Below are the dates and locations of potential exposure Disentangling Sri Lanka's Foreign Aid 05/17/2017 08:00pm • In Sri Lanka, a brutal civil war based in ethnic conflict between the country's Sinhalese majority and its Tamil minority lasted nearly three decades and killed more than 70,000. In 2009, the Sinhalese claimed victory to maintain their authority, and they continue to assert their sovereignty through How to Calculate Your Ideal Retirement Withdrawal Rate 05/17/2017 08:00pm • If you're worried about draining your retirement wealth too quickly, you're not the only one. A 2016 survey from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants found that 41 percent of financial planners say running out of money ranks as the top concern among their clients, including high n Investing Advice for May-December Marriages 05/16/2017 08:00pm • These days, marriage and other committed relationships come in all flavors -- traditional man and woman of similar ages, people of widely differing ages, same-sex couples. Emmanuel Macron the new president of France, has a wife 24 years his senior, reversing the usual May-December pattern. Regardle What is a Registered Investment Advisor? 05/16/2017 08:00pm • Many investors assume their financial advisor makes recommendations based on their best interests. Unfortunately, that's not always the case. Many advisors are only required to recommend what is suitable, not what is best. According to a survey conducted by the Certified Financial Planner Board in 2 In case of emergency: Creating your financial Option B 05/16/2017 02:03pm • WASHINGTON — Two years ago, Sheryl Sandberg flew down to Mexico with her husband to celebrate a close friend’s 50th birthday. It was a rare getaway for the power couple — Sandberg is the chief operating officer of Facebook, while Dave Goldberg was the CEO of SurveyMonkey. While on vacation 10 retirement spots with year-round nice weather 05/16/2017 07:13am • It is possible to avoid both extreme cold and excessive heat in a single retirement location. In these places, the average high temperature in July is less than 90 degrees and the average low in January is above freezing (32 degrees), according to National Climatic Data Center figures. 4 Misconceptions About Social Security 05/15/2017 08:00pm • New surveys are always coming out showing we need to know more about our finances. One of the latest surveys that seems designed to make us worry about how we're handling money is a recent Fidelity Investments Social Security IQ Survey. As you might expect, it showed that there is a lot of confusio Dear President Trump: A Letter From 'Mr. Market' 05/14/2017 08:00pm • The search term "Trump's first 100 days" generates more than 31 million results, highlighting the symbolic importance of the 100-day milestone. Despite considerable media attention, investors remain uncertain about the prospects for the stock market under President Donald Trump. Some aspects of Trum