4/24/2013 - Have fun now, retire later

By the time you are nearing the pre-retirement years, you’ve probably heard all that nose-to-the-grindstone advice hundreds of times: Work longer. Cinch the belt tighter. Plow as much as possible into your 401(k) because you might live to be 100 and you’ll need that money later. Read the full article at Reuters.

4/23/2013 - 401 KO'd: Gambling with Your Retirement Plan

PBS NewsHour’s Ray Suarez spoke to Frontline correspondent Martin Smith on “The Retirement Gamble,” a documentary that reveals the inner workings of 401(k) plans, a product millions of Americans buy, but few understand. “The financial services industry isn’t necessarily looking out for your best interest,” Smith said. Read the full article at Public Broadcasting System… Read more 4/23/2013 - 401 KO'd: Gambling with Your Retirement Plan

4/23/2013 - Hollywood's hot new target demo? Baby Boomers

For years, teens and twentysomethings fond of 3-D spectacle and comic-book action have topped the film industry’s most-wanted list of customers. But with increasing competition for entertainment dollars from gadgets, video games and online outlets, Hollywood is courting a more reliable group: the 76 million or so Americans born during the Baby Boom years, 1946… Read more 4/23/2013 - Hollywood's hot new target demo? Baby Boomers

4/23/2103 - Therapy Can Still Help

Older adults appear increasingly willing to seek psychological help, even at advanced ages. Therapy no longer carries the same stigma it once did, even among the so-called Greatest Generation, and therapists now discount the idea that people in their 70s and 80s can’t change their thinking. “Usually, they’ve tried other resources like their church, or… Read more 4/23/2103 - Therapy Can Still Help

4/22/2013 - Researchers: Standing at your desk could have health benefits

Preliminary research by Stanford Center on Longevity faculty affiliate Cathy Heaney shows standing at your desk at work could lower cholesterol levels and make you less sedentary. See the video at KCRA News.

4/19/2013 - Cash Balance Plans Could Overtake 401(k)s (Plansponsor)

Cash balance plans are growing in popularity and could overtake 401(k) retirement plans within the next few years, according to research from Sage Advisory Services. Read the full article at Plansponsor.

4/19/2013 - Budget Negotiating Chip Has Big Downside for Old and Poor (New York Times)

President Obama has put Social Security on the table in an attempt to reach a bipartisan agreement on the federal budget deficit, a move that would hit the program’s beneficiaries when they are at their most vulnerable. The president has proposed slowing the rate at which benefits increase over time, a change that would ultimately… Read more 4/19/2013 - Budget Negotiating Chip Has Big Downside for Old and Poor (New York Times)

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

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)

4/22/2013 - The Retirement Home, Alive With Intrigue

As ideas about aging continue to seep into popular culture, I’ve noticed senior communities, nursing homes and assisted living facilities playing a variety of roles. They show up as detention centers for rebellious older characters to escape from, as in the comic novel “Breaking Out of Bedlam.” They’re the fate people struggle to avoid, as… Read more 4/22/2013 - The Retirement Home, Alive With Intrigue

4/22/2013 - Scammers Find Fertile Ground In Health Law

Law enforcement agencies are reporting an increase in insurance scams across the country. Many of the fraudsters seem to be preying on the public’s confusion over the massive changes taking place in the nation’s health care system. Read/listen to the full story at National Public Radio.