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Monday, February 8, 2021 2:51 PM Well, she up and did it. She retired.Julie Ude talked about it for a long time. She talked about drinking coffee in her sun room and watching the birds and staying in her pj’s (knit, not flannel). She talked about it so much, in fact, that […]

(Photo: Shutterstock) Defined contribution plans see auto features as effective solutions to the retirement savings problem, according to NEPC’s 2020 DC Plan and Fee Survey, released Monday. Sixty-four percent of plans that participated in the study offer auto-enrollment, up from just 21% that did so in 2005, and 49% offer auto-escalation. The widespread adoption of

Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby announced Monday he would retire from the U.S. Senate in a move that has been anticipated for several months. Shelby, 86, issued a statement confirming his plans not to run again in 2022. He will serve the remainder of his term. “Today I announce that I will not seek a seventh

Lili Schroppe Feb. 8, 2021Updated: Feb. 8, 2021 12:27 p.m. Pictured is the Founders Hall logo. The communications manager at the donor-supported center for lifelong learning fitness, and fun in Ridgefield writes this column about the programs that the center has available for residents of the town, age 60, and older, who are retired, and working.

Photo: Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images, Realtor.com Photo: Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images, Realtor.com Photo: Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images, Realtor.com Newly Retired Quarterback Matt Schaub Lists Georgia Mansion for $4.89M The newly retired quarterback Matt Schaub is letting go of his Suwanee, GA, estate. The upscale abode is on the market for $4,895,000. Schaub purchased the property in April 2015 for $4.95

New York’s retirement fund grew to $247.7 billion in the third financial quarter of the 202-21 fiscal year amid the ongoing market uncertainty amid the COVID-19 pandmeic.  Comptroller Tom DiNapoli on Monday reported the fund’s estimated reutrn reach 10% after the three-month period that ended on Dec. 31.  “Continued growth in the stock market has

In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that federal courts can review decisions by the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board denying claimants’ requests to reopen prior benefits denials. Salinas v. U.S. R.R. Ret. Bd., No. 19-199 (Feb. 3, 2021). Justice Sonia Sotomayor, writing for the majority, explained the relevant provision of the Railroad Retirement

Say, for example, you want to retire at age 67 with $2 million. If you started saving at age 25, you’d need to save just over $300 per month, assuming you’re earning a 10% annual rate of return. But if you wait until age 40 to begin saving, you’d need to save a whopping $1,400

According to the Aspen Board of Realtors, for single family homes in the Glenwood area, the end of September saw new listings and sale prices up compared to 2019, while the number of sales and inventory of homes for sale were down compared to 2019. There is a lot of activity going on up and

Re “With Biden in office, when will Breyer retire?” (Opinion, Jan. 30): Arguing that Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, 82, should retire to allow President Biden to replace him with a younger justice, Kimberly Atkins justified her suggestion by decrying “procedural shenanigans” that allowed then-Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell to essentially void President Obama’s nomination