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Alex Baron is the founder of Retirely®. Before Retirely, he worked at AccuWeather.
Jun 9, 2026 · 6 min readDonald Trump turns 80 this week, but his Social Security check is missingHis tax returns show a blank where the Social Security line should be. What that empty line teaches about when to claim is worth more than the check he is…
Jun 8, 2026 · 4 min readWhy prediction markets are betting on the wrong Biden this weekJoe Biden is one of the few Americans whose exact benefit is public record. The real story is not the number. It is the tax trap hiding inside your own…
Jun 6, 2026 · 10 min readNearly every state quietly cuts property taxes for people over 65. The hard part is that you have to ask, and most people never do.In 2026 the breaks got bigger than they have been in decades. The applications are still the part nobody mentions. Polymarket will let you bet on almost anything. You can…
Jun 2, 2026 · 4 min readNursing homes cost more than Yale tuition. There’s a VA benefit for that. Almost nobody claims it.An average nursing home costs roughly twice the typical American retiree’s annual income. Wartime veterans and their surviving spouses qualify for up to $34,488 a year toward that bill through…
May 29, 2026 · 4 min readPersonal savings rate hits its lowest level since the month Bear Stearns collapsedPolymarket has the June rate cut at 2 percent and the full year at 66 percent zero cuts. The actual lifeline for retirement savers in 2026 is hiding three lines…
May 29, 2026 · 5 min readLocal nonagenarian discovers the optimal use of her IRA is suing an exercise bike companyNo financial planner alive would have endorsed a 14 month legal campaign against a publicly traded fitness brand. Dottie Dorion, 91 years old, three Ironman finishes, and 2,900 Peloton rides…
May 27, 2026 · 5 min readCongress gave retirees a raise. Medicare already spent most of it.The 2026 cost-of-living adjustment adds about $56 a month to the average Social Security check. The new Medicare Part B premium quietly takes about $18 of it back. Here is…
May 23, 2026 · 2 min readRetire in Orange County, They SaidNobody mentioned the aerospace plant down the street. There’s a specific kind of phone call that ruins a Thursday, and a few thousand people in Garden Grove — a…
Apr 13, 2026 · 6 min readA Nursing Home Now Costs $11,000 a Month and Medicare Barely Covers a DimeLet’s talk about the number nobody puts in their retirement plan. Not the 401(k) balance. Not the Social Security claiming strategy. Not the tax-efficient withdrawal sequence. The number I’m talking…
Apr 9, 2026 · 3 min readThe Quiet Registration: What the New Draft Rules Tell Us About the Social ContractThere is an unwritten contract at the heart of the American Dream. The deal was always supposed to be simple: You work hard, you pay your taxes, you give the…
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