
Grandparent Scams Can Cost Victims Thousands of Dollars
September 22, 2022 / Ray Wills
Have you ever received a frantic call from someone posing as your grandchild? Scammers will call or email grandparents to make urgent requests for bail money, lawyer’s fees, hospital bills, or other fictitious expenses.…

Passkeys and the Future of Estate Planning
September 15, 2022 / The Merrill Anderson Company
One of the more frustrating aspects of modern technology is the necessity of passwords for gaining access to devices and data. In February 2013, the Fast Identity Online Alliance was launched to set standards …

Fear of Missing Out is not a sound investment philosophy
August 04, 2022 / The Merrill Anderson Company
The Securities and Exchange Commission has created Investor.gov, a useful resource for the investing public prepared in ordinary, nonlegal, and nontechnical language. The website includes financial tools and calculators, as well as articles of general interest for investors.…

How Long Should You Plan to Live?
June 09, 2022 / The Merrill Anderson Company
According to the latest data from the National Vital Statistics Reports (March 2022, reporting on 2019 experience, so before the pandemic), a male age 65 should expect to live 18.2 more years (to age 83.2) and a female 20.8 years (to age 85.8).…