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10/16/2013 - The Sorry State Of Small Business Retirement Plans (Forbes)
by mbeals on October 17, 2013 4:15 pm
Workers of the small-business world: I’m worried about you. In particular, I’m worried about your retirement. Read the full article at Forbes.
10/15/2013 - Choose the best ways to generate retirement income (MoneyWatch)
by mbeals on October 17, 2013 4:14 pm
In trying to figure out how to generate retirement income from your savings, it isn’t enough to simply consider your projected annual income under current economic conditions. You also need to consider how different retirement income generators, or RIGs, will perform in good times and bad (For more on this subject, also see my previous… Read more 10/15/2013 - Choose the best ways to generate retirement income (MoneyWatch)
10/16/2013 - Americans need a simple retirement system
by admin on October 16, 2013 8:30 pm
“We should never have let our retirement system evolve into one where individuals are responsible for all of the complicated decisions of saving and investing for retirement. But given where we are, we need to make the system we have as easy and automatic as possible.” Read the full article at MarketWatch.
10/16/2013 - UCSF studying health of S.F. seniors in choirs
by admin on October 16, 2013 5:37 pm
It seems true that singing in a choir can be therapeutic, especially for older adults, but a groundbreaking clinical trial is under way in San Francisco to see whether science agrees. Over the next five years, researchers at UCSF will create a dozen senior choirs throughout the city to compare the physical strength, balance, memory and… Read more 10/16/2013 - UCSF studying health of S.F. seniors in choirs
10/15/2013 - Older workers: Age bias makes job hunt tougher
by admin on October 15, 2013 10:50 pm
If you’ve looked for work in recent years, you won’t be surprised to hear that it’s a tough slog and that older job seekers often encounter age bias. But a new survey also finds snippets of good news to cheer older workers and boomer job-hunters. Read the full article at MarketWatch.
10/15/2013 - Sorry, Kids. We Ate It All.
by admin on October 15, 2013 4:08 pm
Eventually this shutdown crisis will end. And eventually the two parties will make another stab at a deal on taxes, investments and entitlements. But there’s one outcome from such negotiations that I can absolutely guarantee: Seniors, Wall Street and unions will all have their say and their interests protected. So the most likely result will… Read more 10/15/2013 - Sorry, Kids. We Ate It All.
10/14/2013 - Retirement roulette is the new American normal (CNBC)
by borges on October 15, 2013 12:06 am
Deciding when to retire is one of the most important, and difficult, decisions an individual has to make, and it’s not supposed to be a decision based on fear. That’s exactly what’s happening, though, across the United States. Fears of vanishing benefits have become a key factor for public sector workers nearing retirement age. At… Read more 10/14/2013 - Retirement roulette is the new American normal (CNBC)
10/14/2013 - Patients Mired in Costly Credit From Doctors
by admin on October 14, 2013 11:20 pm
In dentists’ and doctors’ offices, hearing aid centers and pain clinics, American health care is forging a lucrative alliance with American finance. A growing number of health care professionals are urging patients to pay for treatment not covered by their insurance plans with credit cards and lines of credit that can be arranged quickly in… Read more 10/14/2013 - Patients Mired in Costly Credit From Doctors
10/14/2013 - Most Americans expect to work during 'retirement,' poll finds
by admin on October 14, 2013 10:51 pm
Among Americans ages 50 and older who currently have jobs, 82% expect to work in some form during retirement, according to the poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Read the full article at Los Angeles Times.
10/14/2013 - Aging America: Poll shows retirement coming later in life (Seattle Times)
by borges on October 14, 2013 6:23 pm
Stung by a recession that sapped investments and home values, but expressing widespread job satisfaction, older Americans appear to have accepted the reality of a retirement that comes later in life and no longer represents a complete exit from the workforce. Some 82 percent of working Americans over 50 say it is at least somewhat… Read more 10/14/2013 - Aging America: Poll shows retirement coming later in life (Seattle Times)
