Want A Quick Intro Into Medicare?

Below is a quick summary of choices for Medicare coverage.

 

 

The Cost of Living Longer

One of the leading insurers of Long Term Care has come out with their annual cost survey. An interesting picture of what the average cost of an assisted living facility by state is shown below.  

The full article is from the Wall Street Journal here. 

Retiring and Living Abroad

Thinking about retiring to your favorite travel destination? How much money will that cost you and what does that even look like? Well, here is an article to keep you up to date on the cost involved with retiring and living abroad. Although, this may be an extreme take on this type of retirement there is something to be said about living in an entirely different culture.

Click here to see the wall street journal article.

Visual Guide To The Federal Reserve

Credit to Mint.com and Wall Stats for the following “wall chart” posted to Barry Ritholtz’ blog site The Big Picture. The graphic you will see by clicking on the below link helps bring some clarity to the purpose and workings of the Federal Reserve which has so oft been in the news the past few years.

 

Click here for the graphic on The Big Picture blog.