Caring for aging parents is something you hope you can handle when the time comes, but it’s the last thing you want to think about. Whether the time is now or somewhere down the road, there are steps you can take to make your life—and their lives, too—a little easier. It’s time for a chat
January 2019 is a month that will go down in Chicago history. Record-breaking low temperatures struck the Midwest, and even Chicagoans—known for their tough resistance to severe winters—were not immune to the frigid temps. It felt like the entire city and surrounding suburbs shut down, bracing ourselves for windchills in the -50s. Chicago gave in
There’s nothing more satisfying than paying off a loan and closing a debt chapter of your life. At the same time, sometimes paying off debt requires a strategic approach, which can make it difficult for you to determine in what order you should tackle your debts. With that in mind, here’s what I know about
Our generation wasn’t really taught about life insurance. Of course, most of us grew up seeing Alex Trebek’s insurance commercials, but his important message was targeting our parents and grandparents, not us kids. Before my son was born, I didn’t realize there was a difference between life insurance and health insurance. It sounds silly when
There will likely come a point in your life when you need to borrow money, whether it’s to address an expensive home repair or fix the car you need to get to work every day. Ideally, the cash to tackle that problem should come from your savings account. But if you don’t have an emergency
Countless workers pay into Social Security and hope to collect benefits once it’s their turn to retire. But unfortunately, most Americans are relatively clueless when it comes to understanding the program’s ins and outs. With that in mind, here are three things the average person needs to know about Social Security today. 1. You can