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...years left, which is his justification for keeping the half of his net worth that's not invested in Texas and California real estate in the stock market. A former software executive who dabbles in patent law, he has watched his retirement stock portfolio grow by an average annual return of 20% over the past 10 years. "I'm pretty dedicated to the idea of trying to get a surplus on my money," says Cavanaugh. "If I had money I wanted to salt away, I might think about putting it in bonds, but this is money I want to give...
Before you pull up stakes, ask yourself how much money you might need to live year to year. Experts say it's somewhere between 60% and 80% of your annual income before retirement. Even if you plan to retire with lower fixed costs in a state with little or no taxes, "don't go much lower," Satovsky warns. "If your cost of living drops, you may decide you want to spend more money on new, more expensive habits, like travel...
...Collins, 80, made only three annual payments before she needed the long-term-care policy she bought at age 70. She suffers from Alzheimer's and is nursing home-bound. Without insurance her illness "would have completely depleted her savings," says her son Peter Collins. Long-term-care insurance, Peter figures, has saved the family at least $200,000. "We're a 'Thank you, God' story," he says when he thinks about the three payments of $2,500 each that bought this kind of security. "We're making out like bandits...
...million at the end of the supposedly free-spirited '60s. Though living together has become conventional, the report cites studies showing that these unions, in comparison to marriages, tend to have more episodes of domestic violence to women and physical and sexual abuse of children. It notes that annual rates of depression among unmarried couples are more than three times those of married couples...
Just when parents thought toy-buying season was safely behind them, manufacturers began unveiling their lineup for next Christmas. At the annual Toy Fair in New York City, it's hard to find anything without an imbedded microchip. Mattel's X3 Microscope ($100) comes with a built-in digital camera and hooks up to a PC, so kids can view magnified objects through the scope's lens, then save the images on the computer. Meanwhile, Lego is unveiling its Robotics Discovery Set ($150), which lets kids age 9 and up build elaborate creations like a moving robot that can follow...