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How to Boost Your Retirement Confidence 06/07/2015 08:00pm • People are feeling better about retirement than they were just a few years ago -- although they're still not as confident as they were back in the halcyon days of the 1990s, according to a recent survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute. Today, almost 60 percent of American workers are con Countdown to Retirement: Dos and Don'ts for Your Final Working Year 06/07/2015 08:00pm • Some 4 million baby boomers are expected to retire in the next year. If you're one of them, you need to make sure you're on solid ground before exiting the workforce. Otherwise, you could find yourself without a job and without enough monthly income to cover your expenses. Retiring has the potential How to Reduce Your Housing Costs in Retirement 06/07/2015 08:00pm • Housing is likely to be your biggest retirement expense. But there are a variety of ways to pay less for housing in retirement. Here's what you can do to bring down your housing costs after you retire. Pay off your mortgage. Paying off your house eliminates one of your biggest monthly bills. Insura Fraley Film Guide 06/05/2015 03:08pm • Not everyone can keep up with new releases at the movie theater. Sometimes, the flick you want to see is already out of the theater by the time you have a free weekend. Have no fear. WTOP Film Critic Jason Fraley keeps a running tally. Click the links below for the full reviews based on a 4-star sca How to protect your identity while you're on vacation 06/05/2015 04:30am • Whether it is sickness, bad weather or terrible service, many things have the potential to ruin the vacation you've worked so hard to plan. However, identity theft may trump all of those unfortunate situations. Having to close cards, fight fraudulent charges, deal with your credit card providers and Facebook offers option to make email more secure 06/04/2015 04:00am • WASHINGTON — When Facebook informs you that you've been tagged in a photo, the social media giant can do it by a secret notification even the National Security Agency can't decipher. Facebook has announced users can add an OpenPGP key to a Facebook profile. Here's how it can improve your pri 4 Savings Strategies for Peace of Mind in Retirement 06/02/2015 08:00pm • For many people, day-to-day budgeting and financial planning can seem daunting. Fast-forward to retirement, with the stress of not having your regular paycheck, and this can make managing your finances seem even more overwhelming. To help alleviate this stress, you may need to look at your savings Retirement Enhancing Moves That Are Difficult to Pull Off 06/02/2015 08:00pm • Most of us know what we need to do to be better prepared for retirement. But that doesn't necessarily mean that it will be easy or even possible to implement our good intentions. Wise retirement moves are hard to make, even when you know they will improve your nest egg. Here are a few things that w 8 Investments That Make a Difference 06/02/2015 08:00pm • Investing is good -- and oh so very good when it reaps a healthy profit. But while we all hope for monetary gains, there's also the question of the "greater good." Socially responsible investments yield returns of another sort -- whether they aid the environment, back ethical businesses or pursue m 6 Inexpensive Father's Day Gifts Your Dad Will Appreciate 06/02/2015 07:00am • Ties are to Father's Day what fruitcakes are to Christmas. They've been a traditional gift for generations -- even though no one wants one. Oh, sure. Dear old Dad may always say he loves the tie you got him, but he's probably not telling the whole truth. He likes that you took the time to get him A Coastal Resort Retirement for $1,000 Monthly 06/01/2015 08:00pm • Vung Tau (pronounced "voong tao") was Vietnam's first established seaside resort. Sun worshippers have been coming here to relax and unwind since 1870. In a country with 2,021 miles of coastline, that is an impressive distinction. Today, Vung Tau is increasingly sought out by expat retirees, includ 6 steps to a long and healthy life 06/01/2015 11:00am • How long we live is often in the hands of our genes. But researchers have established that certain attitudes and behaviors promote health, and will give us a better chance of living out our full life span of 80 or 90 years. Here are six strategies that can have a major impact not only on how long we The Most Popular Ages to Sign Up for Social Security 05/31/2015 08:00pm • You can sign up for Social Security at any time after age 62. However, your monthly payments will be larger for each month you delay claiming them up until age 70. Here is when most people start receiving Social Security payments, and how signing up at each age impacts your payout. Age 62. The mos The Pros and Cons of Social Shopping 05/26/2015 08:00pm • When Lisa Koivu, founder of ShopGirlDaily.com and contributor to the U.S. News Frugal Shopper blog, wants new clothes, she browses through the Poshmark app. There, sellers of gently used clothing upload items they no longer want. Users can chat with each other through the app, buy and sell items and How to Adjust Your Finances in Retirement 05/26/2015 08:00pm • We spend our career working toward accumulating enough money to retire. The withdrawal phase deserves the same meticulous attention. Getting the golden years right matters just as much to our financial health as saving during our salaried years. Here are a few ways your finances will change as you