Category: Financial -Landing 2013

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4/18/2013 - Singles swing into retirement with little savings (MarketWatch)

by on April 22, 2013 9:48 pm
If you think it’s hard saving for retirement as a couple, trying doing it as a single. According to a study—described by one expert as the most intriguing of 2012—the amount of money singles in their late 60s have saved up for retirement is dramatically less than that of married-couple households. In fact, the median… Read more 4/18/2013 - Singles swing into retirement with little savings (MarketWatch)
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4/17/2013 - Is there really a retirement savings crisis? (MarketWatch)

by on April 17, 2013 11:07 pm
I personally believe, and more importantly all the work done at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College suggests, that households are going to face real challenges in retirement.  Our National Retirement Risk Index projects that 53% of today’s working households are not going to be able to maintain their standard of living once… Read more 4/17/2013 - Is there really a retirement savings crisis? (MarketWatch)
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4/14/2013 - As America Ages, Shortage of Help Hits Nursing Homes (Wall Street Journal)

by on April 16, 2013 6:32 pm
WOODLAND, Calif.—A labor shortage is worsening in one of the nation’s fastest-growing occupations—taking care of the elderly and disabled—just as baby boomers head into old age. Nursing homes and operators of agencies providing home-care services already are straining to find enough so-called direct-care workers, who help the elderly or disabled with such things as eating… Read more 4/14/2013 - As America Ages, Shortage of Help Hits Nursing Homes (Wall Street Journal)
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4/14/2013 - Will the Government Shrink Your IRA? (Wall Street Journal)

by on April 16, 2013 6:29 pm
As the April 15 filing deadline looms, it looks like some tax-protected retirement-savings vehicles might not be so protected after all. President Barack Obama’s budget for fiscal year 2014, released Wednesday, is loaded with an unusually large number of carrots—and sticks—for U.S. workers’ retirement savings. Read the full article at the Wall Street Journal.
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4/8/2013 - Obama's budget revives talk of entitlement changes (USA Today)

by on April 8, 2013 5:44 pm
A brief reprieve on imminent budget deadlines is providing Republicans and Democrats alike an opportunity to regroup for the next fiscal debate that will dominate the spring and come to a head this summer: increasing the nation’s ability to borrow money to pay its bills. Negotiations to raise the debt ceiling are increasingly linked to… Read more 4/8/2013 - Obama's budget revives talk of entitlement changes (USA Today)

4/3/2013 - Boomers hit hard by cuts to federal jobs program (Wall Street Journal)

by on April 4, 2013 3:39 pm
Sending out some 400 resumes wasn’t enough to land Cottrell Armistad a new job after he was laid off in 2008 from his position as a receptionist at a large tech company in San Francisco. Read the full article at The Wall Street Journal.

4/1/2013 - Employers still offering retirement plans despite recession (Benefits Pro)

by on April 4, 2013 3:38 pm
Despite the Great Recession, the vast majority of employers kept their retirement benefits intact as a way to attract and retain employees, according to a new white paper by the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies. Read the full article at Benefits Pro.
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3/31/2013 - Waiting periods can be costly for workers (Boston Globe)

by on April 1, 2013 4:19 pm
At 33 years old, Nimesh Trivedi owns a home and is saving money with his wife for their children’s education. But investing for retirement had not been a priority. That changed when Trivedi recently took a job at Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Springfield, where colleagues encouraged him to join the company’s 401(k) retirement… Read more 3/31/2013 - Waiting periods can be costly for workers (Boston Globe)
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3/30/2013 - Why Innovators Get Better With Age (New York Times)

by on April 1, 2013 4:13 pm
“We need some gray hair” once referred to needing someone with more experience. But I haven’t heard that expression in a very long time. In fact, many companies are intentionally reducing the average age of their work forces in an effort to save money. Younger employees are generally paid less and have lower health care… Read more 3/30/2013 - Why Innovators Get Better With Age (New York Times)

3/28/2013 - Housing, health-care costs are retirement killers (Wall Street Journal)

by on March 29, 2013 5:20 pm
Retirement planning, in many ways, is all about the rows and columns. How much money is coming in, how much is going out, and for how long. But far too often, some retirees and many pre-retirees don’t have a handle on what their expenses will be after age 65. Read the full article at The… Read more 3/28/2013 - Housing, health-care costs are retirement killers (Wall Street Journal)