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2/19/2014 - Retirement Account Winners and Losers (U.S. News & World Report)

by mbeals on February 20, 2014 6:59 pm

How much you are eligible to save in tax-advantaged retirement accounts each year depends on a host of factors including where you work, how much you make, your marital status, your filing status, how much your spouse makes, where he or she works and if you are self-employed. This complicated tax situation creates a variety… Read more

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2/18/2014 - Unique Retirement Planning Challenges Facing Hispanic Americans (Forbes)

by mbeals on February 20, 2014 6:58 pm

While many Americans have some difficulty planning and preparing for retirement, unique challenges face certain demographic groups. One such group is Hispanic Americans. A new study released by Prudential Financial PRU -0.33%, entitled “The Hispanic American Financial Experience,” sheds new light on the distinctive challenges facing Hispanic Americans as they plan for retirement. Read the… Read more

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2/19/2014 - Sit More, And You're More Likely To Be Disabled After Age 60

by admin on February 19, 2014 9:41 pm

The more you sit, the less physically active you are, which can lead to all sorts of health problems, including an early death. But too much sitting increasingly looks like a health risk all its own. Researchers at Northwestern University say that for people 60 and older, each additional hour a day spent sitting increases… Read more

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2/19/2014 - 'Bluish' Light May Help Alzheimer's Patients Find Bearings

by admin on February 19, 2014 7:43 pm

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is trying to help Alzheimer’s patients experience fewer behavioral issues. Robert Siegel speaks with researcher Mariana Figueiro and psychiatrist Guerman Ermolenko. Read the full interview at National Public Radio (NPR).

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2/19/2014 - Weight Gain and Older Women

by admin on February 19, 2014 7:21 pm

Obesity can take a heavy toll on older women, too: Their risk of developing chronic diseases, losing the ability to walk or dying earlier increases with excess weight. We get the particulars from a large national study, recently published in JAMA Internal Medicine, that tracked more than 36,000 post-menopausal women at 40 research centers and… Read more

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2/18/14 - Can behavioral finance bolster your retirement? (CBS MoneyWatch)

by borges on February 19, 2014 12:18 am

Interested in learning how to improve your retirement security? You might be served well by recent developments in a field known as “behavioral finance” that address the damage that natural human foibles can cause to your retirement planning. Employers and financial institutions alike are recognizing that people tend to fall into one of three different… Read more

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2/18/14 - Older Americans are early winners under health law (Philly.com)

by borges on February 19, 2014 12:17 am

or many older Americans who lost jobs during the recession, the quest for health care has been one obstacle after another. They’re unwanted by employers, rejected by insurers, struggling to cover rising medical costs and praying to reach Medicare age before a health crisis.These luckless people, most in their 50s and 60s, have emerged this… Read more

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2/17/14 - 401(k) balances rise with record gains on Wall Street (Washington Post)

by borges on February 19, 2014 12:16 am

Wall Street’s historic gains in 2013 have boosted the value of Americans’ retirement accounts to record highs, according to several plan managers, restoring a critical component of household wealth. Fidelity Investments, the nation’s largest provider of retirement plans, said the average balance in its accounts at the end of last year was $89,300 — nearly… Read more

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2/18/2014 - Longevity Challenge: Can You Ever Afford to Retire?

by admin on February 18, 2014 11:39 pm

Bob Kerrey, former Governor of Nebraska and Andy Sieg, head of global wealth & retirement solutions at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, examine the challenge of providing for a long retirement on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg Surveillance.” Watch the video at Bloomberg TV.

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2/18/2014 - How scary is an older America? Americans aren't sweating it

by admin on February 18, 2014 7:17 pm

America is aging, and it’s supposed to be a big downer. Pensions are crushing government budgets, Social Security is in trouble and Medicare costs are going through the roof. But someone must be putting Prozac in our water supply, because we don’t seem to be fretting. A recent Pew Research Center study of attitudes about… Read more

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