Money

If you’re reading agebuzz you probably fancy yourself an educated consumer, one unlikely to fall prey to scams or fraud. But that self-confidence is easy to pierce, given the ever-shifting scams that fraudsters perpetrate against even the most savvy. For example, since many of us wised-up to the fraud involving…

While your image of a start-up entrepreneur might be a young millennial in Silicon Valley, in fact, there’s much to be said for an older, more experienced hand venturing into the marketplace. With the steadiness and maturity that comes from decades of experiential wisdom, older entrepreneurs may have keen insights,…

  When I was widowed at age 60, another woman gave me great advice.   She told me that after her husband died, she was careful not to get serious about anybody who “wanted me to be a purse for them or their nurse!”   She was right! When I…

You may not realize it, but if you’re of “traditional retirement age,” yet find yourself getting up each morning to head to the office, you’re part of a growing trend: older people who remain in the workplace well beyond the age that is typical for retirement. And whether it’s money,…

You probably didn’t need a new study to confirm this fact: the costs of the most popular medications keep rising and there seems no end in sight to the uptick. Published in JAMA, this new study looked at drug pricing for 49 common, top-selling brand-name drugs, and the findings were…

Raise your hand if regularly receive robocalls from strangers hoping to separate you from your money or personal info. It’s not your imagination that these calls are more frequent. They’re on the rise across the country, and may specifically target older people who are considered easy prey for savvy or…