1/29/2014 - Obama Announces New myRA Retirement Accounts

President Barack Obama said he is directing the Treasury Department to create a new type of retirement savings account for millions of Americans that would include a government guarantee. Read the full article at The Wall Street Journal.

1/27/2014 - How Seniors Are Paying for Retirement (US News & World Report)

Unlike most adults who depend on a single paycheck, most retirees receive income from several sources. Monthly Social Security payments, income from savings and investments and a part-time job are among the most common ways seniors are financing their retirement years. These and other retirement income streams produced an average income of $31,742 for people… Read more 1/27/2014 - How Seniors Are Paying for Retirement (US News & World Report)

1/28/2014 - Possible Link Between DDT Pesticide Exposure And Alzheimer's Disease

A new study out in JAMA Neurology suggests that higher levels of the pesticide DDT might be linked to increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease. The keyword here is might, however, since the study was quite small and the connection not clear-cut. Still, there’s certainly a possibility that the long-banned compound could contribute to the development of Alzheimer’s in people… Read more 1/28/2014 - Possible Link Between DDT Pesticide Exposure And Alzheimer's Disease

1/28/2014 - As Population Ages, Merrill Lynch Appoints Gerontology Director

As the first Director of Gerontology at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Cyndi Hutchins hopes to rethink how financial advisors approach retirement planning. Wealth management firms like Merrill Lynch and their clients are facing new challenges as the American population ages and baby boomers begin to put their retirement plans to the test. People are living… Read more 1/28/2014 - As Population Ages, Merrill Lynch Appoints Gerontology Director

1/28/2014 - Aging America Poses New Challenges for the Fed and Your Portfolio

America is getting old, and this puts the Federal Reserve in a quandary. The exodus from the workforce due to old age is shrinking the labor force and the ranks of the unemployed much faster than the Fed anticipated only a year ago. Read the full article at Forbes.

1/28/2014 - An Aging Brain Is Still Pretty Smart

New research says older people are slow on memory tests because they have more mental data to search for the answer. Read the full article at National Geographic.

1/27/2014 - The Aging Workforce

Population aging and demographic change normally get discussed in terms of the rising share of retired people to working-age ones. But in practice different people retire at different ages for different reasons. And over the past 20 years, the share of people over the age of 55 who are in the labor force has pretty… Read more 1/27/2014 - The Aging Workforce

1/24/2014 - Don't Count Out Aging Workers (US News & World Report)

If you lose your job in middle age or later, you may suddenly find yourself in dire straits. When the pink slip comes, it does not matter how many years you have put in or how dedicated you might be to the company. Whether the reason is reorganization, right-sizing or offshoring, aging employees can find… Read more 1/24/2014 - Don't Count Out Aging Workers (US News & World Report)

1/27/2014 - The Older Mind May Just Be a Fuller Mind

Since educated older people generally know more words than younger people, simply by virtue of having been around longer, the experiment simulates what an older brain has to do to retrieve a word. And when the researchers incorporated that difference into the models, the aging “deficits” largely disappeared. Now comes a new kind of challenge… Read more 1/27/2014 - The Older Mind May Just Be a Fuller Mind

1/24/2014 - Don’t Count Out Aging Workers

If you lose your job in middle age or later, you may suddenly find yourself in dire straits. When the pink slip comes, it does not matter how many years you have put in or how dedicated you might be to the company. Whether the reason is reorganization, right-sizing or offshoring, aging employees can find… Read more 1/24/2014 - Don’t Count Out Aging Workers