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Financial tips for surviving spouses are a necessary part of creating an independent life as a widow. According to research conducted by the Social Security Administration in 2005, the poverty rate for elderly widows has been more than three times higher than that of married women in the same age range for more than 30 years. The research attributes at least some of the widow poverty rate to women who spend their savings on health care for a sick or dying husband. (McGarry, Kathleen and Schoeni, Robert F. (2005, January). Medicare Gaps and Widow Poverty. Perspectives, 66, 58-59.) Learning more about Medicare gaps, spousal benefits and how to establish a solid credit history are important financial tips that can help lead widows down the path to financial independence.

Medicare Gaps Can Make For Tough Times

Widows have to contend with a number of gaps in the Medicare program today. Medicare doesn’t cover chiropractor care, acupuncture treatments, dental care, custodial home care or custodial care in a nursing facility. Additional Medicare gaps include a lack of coverage for preventive care, which isn’t covered by the program. Retirement benefits can help pay for medical expenses, as long as you know where to go to kick-start the benefits process.

Retirement Benefits For Surviving Spouses

There is a great disparity of retirement benefits between the sexes. Eighty percent of men receive retirement benefits, but less than 40 percent of women receive benefits as retired workers. Also, more than 60 percent of women receive retirement benefits only through their spouse. Review all life and health insurance benefits and retirement plan information to make sure that you know where you stand and what type of insurance you have after your spouse has passed away. If your spouse was still employed at the time of death, contact his employer to find out about insurance benefits and wages owed for time worked and paid time off. In the meantime, begin shoring up your individual credit history.

Cleaning Up Your Credit Report

If, like many widows, you have never had a line of credit in your own name or have only been listed on joint credit card accounts, it’s time to make a name for yourself. You can start by applying for your own rewards credit card or low interest credit card . Rewards credit cards provide cash back, frequent flier miles or gift certificates just for using the card for regular purchases. A low interest credit card lets you build your credit history and doesn’t charge you high interest rates for using the card. Applying for either card is an excellent first step in establishing your credit history and more importantly, building your financial independence.

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Foreign exchange market is the way to sell and buy the currencies money. As we know every country have their own currency for their money. For example: US Dollar for USA, EURO for Europe, YEN for Japan, RUPIAH for Indonesia. Each type currencies have own value if compare by international currency such as Euro or US Dollar.

For determine the value of currency for each country, they use international standard regime type. Some country use Float, Fix type and more other types. To choose which have to use for each country, depend on some situation such economic fundamental, foreign exchange reserves, import and export value and others.

Many country usually use Float type for their currencies, so their value is floating if compare to base currency like US Dollar and Euro. Why choose US Dollar or Euro?, because for several time, this country have stable economic fundamental, that’s why many country use this currency for comparing their own.

The floating value for each currency makes opportunities to trade. We can see from exchange rate table to find out which is currency is in good situation to buy, usually we also have to looking more information about that country such politic and economic issue at that time, because these kind of issue are really effected to the currency floating value. International issue also can effected to currency exchange rate.

The exchange rate at country with stable situation, usually more stable or even become more cheaper if comparing with base currency, this is the good time to buy this currency. Next time if something happen either external or internal issue which make the rate become more expensive, this will be a good time to sell this currency to get profit from difference exchange rate.