Retirement: 5 best tips from my time at USA TODAY
It's really hard to believe. Has it really been 2½ years since I started writing this retirement column?
I've talked to hundreds of retirement planners, financial advisers and authors from just about every part of the country. I made sure I got the view from the heartland — in an effort to not focus on the so-called high net-worth clients.
It's been a wonderful ride. And I'm sorry to say, the ride is coming to an end.
Rodney Brooks
An award-winning journalist, writer and author and my specialty is retirement planning and other personal finance issues. I have written for many national publications, including USA TODAY, The Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report, AARP and National Geographic. I am available to speak on personal finance, financial literacy and the racial wealth gap.
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The author tells the history of the Freedman’s Savings Bank, how it grew much too quickly, why it failed and the impact on Black America. The Freedman’s Bank offered a safe depository for formerly enslaved people, expanded quickly and gained millions in deposits – mostly ranging from $5 to $50. But inexperience and corruption doomed it to failure, costing may of the small depositors their savings.
