With Super Bowl LII just days away, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2018’s Best & Worst Cities for Football Fans together with its Super Bowl LII By The Numbers infographic.
To determine the best places for loving on America’s No. 1 sport, WalletHub compared more than 240 U.S. cities with at least one college or professional football team based on 21 key metrics. The data set ranges from number of NFL and college football teams to average ticket prices.
Make sure to check out the infographic for cool stats about the biggest sporting event of the year. Here are some highlights from each report:
Best Cities for Football Fans
Worst Cities for Football Fans
1
Green Bay, WI
234
Logan, UT
2
Pittsburgh, PA
235
New Britain, CT
3
Dallas, TX
236
West Lafayette, IN
4
Boston, MA
237
East Hartford, CT
5
New York, NY
238
Cape Girardeau, MO
6
Los Angeles, CA
239
Valparaiso, IN
7
Glendale, AZ
240
Pine Bluff, AR
8
Philadelphia, PA
241
Davidson, NC
9
Oakland, CA
242
Syracuse, NY
10
Cincinnati, OH
243
Jackson, MS
Best vs. Worst
To view the full report and your city’s rank, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-cities-for-football-fans/9691/
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4 Ways To Boost Your Income In Retirement
Longer lives, fewer pensions and limited savings are a combination that has plenty of people worried when they look ahead to their retirement years.
With nearly 60 percent of Americans saying that running out of money is their No. 1 concern, many of them are scrambling to figure out how they can make their money last the duration of a retirement that could drag on for 20 to 30 years or more.
“Of course, one way is that you can take a part-time job after your retire, or you could just vow to spend less,” says John Hagensen, founder and managing director of Keystone Wealth Partners (www.Keystonewealthpartners.com) and author of Unleash Your Investments.
“But those aren’t options a lot of people find very attractive.”
In truth, there are no easy solutions, but Hagensen says there are steps you can take that can help boost your retirement bottom line.
A few of those include:
• Treat your nest egg with generosity. As you save for retirement, contribute generously to your retirement accounts. If you max out your contributions to your accounts, instead of just contributing the minimum, you’ll have significantly more stashed away when you reach retirement. That translates into more income.
• Retire later than planned. “Obviously, if you can’t stand your job, this is not ideal,” Hagensen says. “But putting off retirement for a few more years is not a bad option if you enjoy your work. That gives you additional time to save more and fewer years in retirement in which you’ll need to draw off your savings.”
• Maximize your Social Security benefits. When and how you decide to start drawing Social Security can make a significant difference in your benefits. “Various factors can come into play when making Social Security decisions, such as how your income taxes might be affected,” Hagensen says. “It’s also worth noting that for every year you delay taking Social Security benefits, your yearly income increases by about 7 percent. If you delay past your full benefits age, which is 66 or 67 for most people, then your benefits actually grow by 8 percent a year, up until you reach age 70.”
• Consider adding a fixed annuity in your retirement. “The key word here is ‘consider,’ “Hagensen says. Annuities are not right for everyone, and one of the reasons they often get a bad rap is that they are sold to people without any strategic plan or without any consideration about whether they are right for an individual’s situation. “Sometimes I see people who have 60 or 70 or 80 percent of their retirement portfolio in an annuity,” he says. “Annuities should be used as just a small percentage within your portfolio to create stability and a foundation.”
Hagensen cautions that all the financial planning in the world doesn’t mean a lot if people don’t stick to the plan.
“And unfortunately, the data show us that they rarely do,” he says. “Emotions kick in and they make decisions based on those emotions. But if you can be disciplined and follow through on what you know are the better decisions, then you have a great chance of increasing the amount of money you will have in retirement.”
About John Hagensen
John Hagensen is the founder and managing director of Keystone Wealth Partners (www.Keystonewealthpartners.com). He also is author of Unleash Your Investments and hosts a weekly radio show, Myth Busting with Keystone Wealth Partners. His vision in starting his firm was to deliver financial planning strategies free from Wall Street’s embedded conflicts of interest. Hagensen holds the credentials of Certified Funds Specialist, Certified Annuity Specialist, Certified Estate & Trust Specialist, Certified Tax Specialist and Certified Income Specialist. He also holds a designation from the National Social Security Association.
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Announces Annual
HEAVY AND LIGHT:
An evening of songs, conversation and hope
Presale Ticket Bundles Available At
MAR 10TH | HOUSE OF BLUES | LAKE BUENA VISTA, FL
Melbourne, FL - January 29, 2018 - To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA) has announced that they will be holding their annual HEAVY AND LIGHT event on March 10th, 2018 at the House of Blues in Orlando, FL. The organization invites everyone to save the date for what promises to be an inspiring evening of songs, conversation and hope, with performances from Jon Foreman of Switchfoot, Dustin Kensrue of Thrice, Propaganda, and spoken word poet Tonya Ingram.
Presale ticket bundles, which include an exclusive HEAVY AND LIGHT shirt, are available now at store.twloha.com. General ticket sales begin this Thursday, February 1st at 10am ET.
On the upcoming event, TWLOHA founder Jamie Tworkowski shares: "HEAVY AND LIGHT is our favorite night of the year. We're so pumped to return to House of Blues Orlando, along with some of our favorite artist friends, to create a night that leads to people getting help and even choosing to stay alive. That's the dream and that's the goal year after year: A night of great music, poetry, and stories that ultimately moves people to keep going and to get whatever help they need."
To Write Love on Her Arms is a nonprofit dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicide. It exists to encourage, inform, inspire, and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery. Since its start in 2006, TWLOHA has donated over $2 million directly into treatment and recovery and answered over 200,000 messages from over 100 countries.
This past September, TWLOHA wrapped its 6th annual campaign to honor National Suicide Prevention Week and World Suicide Prevention Day. The organization was overwhelmed by the amount of love and support shown during this year's campaign, titled, "Stay. Find what you are made for,"during which over $103.5K was raised for treatment and counseling. The campaign was shared by supporters all over the world, including NBA player Kyle Korver, US Women's National Soccer Team stars Alex Morgan, Christen Press, and Ashlyn Harris, actress Shantel VanSanten, Switchfoot's Jon Foreman, Dustin Kensrue of Thrice, actress and singer Debby Ryan, The Ready Set's Jordan Witzrigreuter, and Jess Bowen of The Summer Set, all of whom were featured in a special video message directed by Dustin Miller, a Florida-based filmmaker and longtime TWLOHA collaborator: https://youtu.be/37cB2CQt_YA.
WHAT: TWLOHA presents HEAVY AND LIGHT: An evening of songs, conversation and hope
WHO: Jon Foreman of Switchfoot, Dustin Kensrue of Thrice, Propaganda, Tonya Ingram
WHERE: House of Blues | 1490 Buena Vista Drive | Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
WHEN: Saturday, March 10th | Doors: 6pm | Show: 7pm
INFO: https://goo.gl/Av47iY | $22 ADV, $25 DOOR | All Ages
