The Next 50

UBS Advisor Mitch Slater: Rockin’ in the Free World

UBS Advisor Mitch Slater: Rockin’ in the Free World

(This article is reprinted from WealthManagement.com under the same title by Erick Bergquist.) It’s early October and financial advisor Mitch Slater is seated across the table from Dave Wish, a former schoolteacher from New Jersey who founded the nonprofit...

Saving Money With Discount Drug Cards

Saving Money With Discount Drug Cards

A recent study showed that 1 in 5 prescriptions go unfilled in the U.S. because financially the people cannot afford them. The discount drug programs or as they are better known as, affinity membership programs, have been around for a while and usually include a...

Insurance for All – Not a New Concept

Insurance for All – Not a New Concept

Republican President Roosevelt was very supportive of conservation programs and improving living conditions overall however his passion was national health care the platform he ran on for the Progressive Party in 1912. The Democratic Party jumped on the bandwagon when...

Mending a Broken Heart

Mending a Broken Heart

The heart symbolizes both, however, as it turns out it has more similarities than just the symbol. Although it is still the #1 killer in the U.S. and great advancements have been made in the medical treatment of heart disease, the greatest breakthrough is happening...

The Rise of Gray Divorce

The Rise of Gray Divorce

(Reprinted from Kiplinger.com) ​ While divorce rates for other age groups have leveled off or even fallen, one out of every four people going through a divorce in the United States is 50 or older, according to research by sociologists Susan L. Brown and I-Fen Lin....

Traveling Can Be Hazardous to Your Pocketbook

Traveling Can Be Hazardous to Your Pocketbook

When they retire seniors often plan to travel and experience life in other parts of the country and world. Traveling is so much easier and often more affordable than when they were younger and most retirees are no longer limited to vacations of one or two weeks. It is...