Phone scams and particularly Social Security phone scams have been in the news recently. If you are looking for ways to protect your information, here is a list of some common red flags and what to do from AARP (formerly American Association of Retired Persons). To learn more, read AARP’s article on Social Security Scams.
1. Turning wealth into income – creating a total return strategy that produces a continuous paycheck just like you had when you were employed 2. Revising your investment strategy – which was successful for the accumulation phase but may not work as well now during the distribution phase 3. Protecting against new risks and concerns...
A 30-second read by Nicholas Scheibner: Social Security will begin increasing payments beginning in January of 2019. Why did this happen - because October 11th is the date when the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its report of inflation. Social Security uses the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) as their measure of inflation.
You may have read that hackers broke into the Equifax database and stole personal information tied to 143 million people. Ongoing updates from Equifax about this incident are available at equifaxsecurity2017.com Baron Financial does not use Equifax for any services, but we are sharing this information for educational purposes. Equifax is one of the three main credit reporting agencies. They collect and maintain individual credit information and sell it to lenders, creditors, and consumers in the form of a credit report. What you should consider doing now: