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- Mar- 2021 -1 MarchPersonal Finance
Has COVID-19 really affected life expectancy?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported that life expectancy had dropped sharply in the wake of…
Read More » - Feb- 2021 -22 FebruaryPersonal Finance
My wife and I are in our 60s. Should we skip our 3 undeserving children and leave everything to our 4 grandkids instead?
Dear Quentin, My wife and I are in our mid-sixties and we are both retired. My parents have passed on.…
Read More » - 22 FebruaryBanking
My father is trustee of my late mother’s estate. He is marrying again, and won’t distribute our inheritance
This personal situation has been escalating for years now. My mother died a few years ago of a chronic disease,…
Read More » - 18 FebruaryPersonal Finance
Opinion: Drug prices are rising faster than seniors can keep up
I’m always very appreciative that MarketWatch readers take the time to write. I focus on retirement issues, and one of…
Read More » - 16 FebruaryPersonal Finance
My wealthy fiancée wants me to accept standard-of-living costs should we divorce. I’m a proud veteran and won’t accept more than $50,000. Who’s right?
Dear Quentin, I am planning on marrying someone who has a substantial amount of money. I do not have much.…
Read More » - 12 FebruaryPersonal Finance
Here’s how to set up a do-it-yourself estate plan
Nobody wants to think about dying. That’s one reason why many of us procrastinate in putting together an estate plan.…
Read More » - 10 FebruaryPersonal Finance
How much income will your 401(k) provide?
Retirement account owners have long had trouble translating the money in their 401(k) into income. That’s about to change. Later…
Read More » - 10 FebruaryPersonal Finance
My ex-boyfriend and I contributed to our household based on our salaries. I’m now owed $23K in back pay. Do I pay him back?
Dear Moneyist, Recently, I was notified by my employer of 5 years that my initial salary placement was incorrect, and…
Read More » - 9 FebruaryPersonal Finance
My husband, 79, promised to leave his grandson his home. After 22 years of marriage is that fair to me?
I am a married woman age 69 and my husband is 79. I am his second wife and we have…
Read More » - 8 FebruaryPersonal Finance
My fiancé wants me off the deed and mortgage to our new home. If I don’t agree, he says we’ll stay engaged forever
Dear Moneyist, My fiancé — or should I say eternal fiancé because he never wants to get married — recently…
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