All posts by Melanie

Melanie Pelayo is a Certified Financial Planner professional. She is passionate about helping people, young and old, better prepare for and achieve security throughout retirement.

No Excuses

While everyone knows it’s important to save for retirement, not everyone heeds that well-worn advice. In fact, Northwestern Mutual’s 2018 Planning & Progress Study, which surveyed 2,003 adults, found that […]

Getting a Pay Raise

Social Security recipients will soon receive the largest increase in their monthly benefits that they’ve seen in seven years. The U.S. Social Security Administration announced Thursday that beneficiaries will receive a 2.8 […]