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Why You Should Start Your Second Verse Now

July 1, 2013 kerry

Two summers ago, I was sitting toes in the sand on a New Jersey beach talking to my friend, Larry Schmidt. He was in his late 50s and beginning to…

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Kerry’s Tips on U.S. News: 8 Great Part-Time Jobs for Retirees

June 21, 2013 kerry

Supplement your retirement income Sixty percent of workers over age 60 plan to look for a new job after retirement, according to a recent survey by Harris Interactive for CareerBuilder.…

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7 Tips For Breadwinner Wives Feeling The Strain

June 20, 2013 kerry

This past weekend, two close friends visited my husband and me at our Virginia countryside cottage. This married couple is roughly our age – 50s – and, like us, don’t…

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The 5 Money Lessons I Learned From My Father

June 16, 2013 kerry

One day in the early 1960s, my dad arrived home from his Pittsburgh engineering and consulting firm and brought along a beautiful English leather saddle. He put it on the…

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Is Teleworking Right for You?

June 9, 2013 kerry

The appeal of working from home, be it full time or part time, is easy to understand. Telecommuting employees are happier and more loyal, and they have fewer unscheduled absences,…

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Has Your Credit Report Cost You A Job?

June 7, 2013 kerry

The job market has been tough for older workers, but did you ever imagine that you wouldn’t land a job because of your credit report? It’s possible. As I wrote…

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Employers Penalizing Spouses For Health Insurance

June 6, 2013 kerry

Here’s a dose of medicine women might not want to swallow: It’s getting more expensive for a wife to get health insurance through her husband’s plan. Employers, it seems, are…

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Graduation Advice We All Can Use

June 5, 2013 kerry

Last weekend, I was a proud aunt, beaming and clapping on the quintessential college quad at the Wake Forest University graduation in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. I love it when the…

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11 Essential Money Tips for New College Grads

June 4, 2013 kerry

When my nephew Michael walked across the graduation stage at Wake Forest University last week to pick up his bachelor of science diploma, I wasn’t worried about his financial future.…

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Women Retire Earlier Than Men, But Don’t Have To

May 30, 2013 kerry

I’m surrounded daily by boomer women who are working full-time or part-time, volunteering, starting businesses and taking courses online as well as at community colleges. They’re engaged, working hard —…