Right now, I’m gazing at the cover of the 142-page Individual Enrollment Agreement that arrived in the mail from my new health insurer, CareFirst BlueCrossBlueshield. The sleek, longhaired woman in…

Now that the baby boomer age wave is crashing ashore, Americans are retiring by the boatload. About 10,000 of us will turn 65 every day for the next 17 years,…

Women of all ages do the “scuffle,” as I like to call it, when it comes to saving for retirement. It always surprises me that so many women I speak with…

This article is reprinted by permission from NextAvenue.org. Not long after my husband, Cliff, and I got married, he asked me to join him for a meeting with his financial adviser.…

Watch Sixty and Me’s interview with Kerry. “Kerry Hannon is an expert on personal finance and careers for boomer women and is my special guest in this episode of the Sixty and…

In 2007, Pittsburgh stay-at-home mom Evvy Diamond found herself getting itchy. With two of her three sons getting ready for college, she felt it was time for her to earn…

How many times have you had an unresolvable situation that gets resolved when you call a girlfriend? I’m not talking about an acquaintance. I’m talking about that kind of sister-friend…

During last week’s 90-degree days in Washington, D.C., the air-conditioning unit in my home went kaput. The fan merrily blew hot air, but not a breath of cool slipped through…

Sixty-nine percent of workers said they plan to work for pay after they retire, according to the 2013 Retirement Confidence Survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute. And more workers…

I don’t have a problem spending money on something I value – a vacation, a pair of good shoes or a special gift for my husband. I’m still earning money,…