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For Many Older Americans, an Entrepreneurial Path

February 14, 2014 kerry

When Marilyn Arnold was 9 years old, her mother, a skilled seamstress, patiently taught her to sew on a vintage Singer treadle sewing machine. As her feet pumped away at…

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Credit Card Challenges Boomer Women Are Facing

February 10, 2014 kerry

Credit cards have been top of mind for me, and, I suspect, many of you lately. Hardly a week goes by without news of another credit and debit card security…

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State of the Union and Older Americans: Kerry’s Expert Advice on Next Avenue

February 6, 2014 kerry

Pundits are saying President Obama’s State of the Union focused on small-bore ideas. But for older Americans looking for help from Washington to find work or to save for retirement,…

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When A Money Writer’s Health Policy Was Canceled

January 11, 2014 kerry

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…

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A holiday reading list for the retiree on your list

December 11, 2013 kerry

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,…

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One Woman’s Zeal to Get Female Staffers to Save

December 10, 2013 kerry

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…

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Women and financial advisers: a rocky relationship

December 8, 2013 kerry

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…

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Watch Kerry’s Interview on the Sixty and Me Show

December 7, 2013 kerry

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…

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The write stuff: Two friends open a stationery store

October 27, 2013 kerry

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…

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Rich Americans Snap Up Irish Castles for Love and Discounts

October 21, 2013 kerry

Rich Americans Snap Up Irish Castles for Love and Discounts First-time visitors to Humewood Castle in Kiltegan, County Wicklow, can’t help it. They simply say, “Wow.”It’s that big, that stunning…