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7 Ways to Manage Spending in Retirement 06/29/2017 08:00pm • New retirees may need to make their retirement savings last for several decades. When the regular paycheck is gone, it's important to properly manage your spending needs to sustain a healthy retirement nest egg. If your daily living expenses are unnecessarily high, you'll have less money left over 3 Places to Live Like a Local Overseas in Retirement 06/28/2017 08:00pm • Many people who move or retire overseas enjoy the familiarity of like-minded company and seek out destinations with expats already in residence. Other retirees want to live among the local community, become a part of the local culture and are happy if they rarely see another American or Canadian ex Latin America Has a Homicide Problem 06/27/2017 08:00pm • By Robert Muggah In the 1990s, the capital of Colombia's mountainous Antioquia province Medellin had one of the world's highest-ever recorded murder rates: 380 homicides per 100,000 people. After national authorities wrested control of the city's poorest communities from paramilitaries, mayor Sergio Is Spending Principal OK in Retirement? 06/27/2017 08:00pm • An old adage says retirees should "never spend principal," but today you're more likely to hear this from a grandparent than your financial advisor. With dividend payments and fixed-income yields close to record lows, the trickle of income may not be enough. Meanwhile, stock prices hit peak after pe How police departments are cracking down on gangs of dirt bike, ATV riders 06/27/2017 04:36am • WASHINGTON ��� With the warm weather, area police departments are stepping up patrols and preparing for more calls involving gangs of dirt bike and all-terrain vehicle riders. ���For those that engage in it, we just want you to know that you���re not safe,��� said George Nichols, deputy chief wit This Mistake Could Shrink Your Retirement Wealth 06/26/2017 08:00pm • Like winning the lottery or receiving a large inheritance, taking your pension as a lump sum comes with the danger that you'll spend the money too fast. "Retirees see a lump sum as a big pile of money rather than income they're going to need for the rest of their lives," says Steve Anzuoni, a retire Police look for ATV riders who created chaos at National Harbor 06/26/2017 06:15pm • NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. ��� On Sunday night, a group of riders on dirt bikes and all-terrain vehicles brought chaos to National Harbor and parts of downtown D.C. Prince George���s County police say around 100 riders took bikes that weren���t authorized to be on the streets and engaged in what is bei 6 Financial Struggles of People Over 60 06/25/2017 08:00pm • Older Americans who are living on a limited budget are often especially sensitive to financial shocks. When they encounter an emergency expense, they might turn to medical credit cards, reverse mortgages or other complicated products they don't fully understand. A recent Consumer Financial Protecti Are Tech Stocks Partying Like It's 1999? 06/25/2017 08:00pm • The U.S. market is reaching new highs in 2017, with Apple (ticker: AAPL) joining the FANG stocks -- Facebook ( FB), Amazon.com ( AMZN), Netflix ( NFLX), and Google (Alphabet) ( GOOG, GOOGL) -- as significant contributors to the market rally. Comparisons to the dot-com mania of 1999 are inevitable, 10 Things Retirees Need to Know About Housing 06/25/2017 08:00pm • For most retirees, your house is your biggest and most valuable asset. You might be planning to retire in place, sell it to move to a retirement mecca, use it to produce some much-needed income or leave it to your kids as part of an estate. But your home's value can fluctuate over time. Here are te How to Negotiate Lower Monthly Bills in Retirement 06/22/2017 08:00pm • If you need your retirement income to stretch a bit further, you might be able to reduce your monthly bills. You can take steps to negotiate lower prices and ensure you are not being taken advantage of by your current service providers. Here are some tips and tricks that will help you control your Making Sense of Breast Cancer, Health Insurance and Time Off Work 06/21/2017 08:00pm • A June 19, 2017 editorial in the New York Times opens with a quick summary of the current state of health care in America: "The problem with American health care is not the care. It's the insurance." Although advances are being made every day in the area of treating breast cancer and the five-year 5 Things to Consider When Deciding to Retire 06/21/2017 08:00pm • Deciding when to retire is a question most people will face at some point in their lives. Though it might seem like a simple question, deciding at what age to retire is an increasingly complex decision that needs to take into account many factors. While there is not necessarily an easy answer to th 7 Tips for Managing Your Financial Affairs as a Retiree Overseas 06/20/2017 08:00pm • You need to carefully manage your financial life when you live or retire in another country. In some cases you can do this virtually, with the support of a laptop and an internet connection. This way, you can access an account, get cash, move money, send a wire or pay a bill from anywhere in the wo Vacation season is when burglars go to work: How to protect your home 06/20/2017 04:21am • WASHINGTON ��� Vacation season is busy for burglars when people leave homes empty, but there are easy precautions to take. "You'd be astonished at the number of people who don't properly lock their property,��� said John Townsend of AAA Mid-Atlantic. "They don't use deadbolt locks and door locks,