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Revenge of the Ex-Spouse…Social Security Style

If you’ve gone through a divorce (or two), when you meet with your financial advisor to discuss your retirement budget, you may be surprised to learn you have more options than you realize. That’s because if you were married to each spouse for at least 10 years, you qualify for a “divorced spouse” benefit.  

Tech Is Smart, But We Need to Be Smarter

The smarter technology becomes, the smarter we need to become – not so much to know how and when to use it, but to know how and when not to use it.

Baby Boomer Social Security Shocker

Two popular methods of claiming Social Security benefits, "File-and-Suspend" and "File-and-Restrict," are disappearing thanks to the budget deal worked out between Congress and the White House.

Is Theranos $9 Billion Worth of Hype?

A front-page WSJ expose casts serious doubt on the efficacy and accuracy of Theranos’ purportedly disruptive blood testing technology.

Is Twitter the Next Myspace?

Twitter is hard to use, it’s not particularly engaging to a mass audience, and its benefit is unclear. Tough hurdles for returning CEO Jack Dorsey to overcome.