9/16/2015 - Why Americans Still Think the Economy Is Terrible (The New York Times)

The median American household in 2014 had a lower income, in inflation-adjusted terms, than it did in 2013. The $53,657 the household in the middle of the income distribution earned last year was down 1.5 percent from the year before, though the census said that shift was not statistically significant. But even if that drop… Read more 9/16/2015 - Why Americans Still Think the Economy Is Terrible (The New York Times)

9/16/2015 - Is it time to abolish mandatory retirement?

Some experts say we need to rethink forcing people out due to their age. Read the full article at MarketWatch.

9/15/2015 - Five Money Milestones To Hit While You Are In Your 40s (The Washington Post)

One milestone to strive for in your 40s is to have at least three times your annual salary saved in a retirement account, says Andrew McFadden, a financial planner in Fresno, Calif. Rough guidelines from Fidelity Investments, for example, recommend that workers should save three times their pay by age 45 and four times their… Read more 9/15/2015 - Five Money Milestones To Hit While You Are In Your 40s (The Washington Post)

9/15/2015 - Jeffrey Pfeffer: What Most People Don't Know About Leadership

Forbes’ Dan Schawbel spoke to Jeffrey Pfeffer about the new relationship relationship between employees and their leaders, the most common misconceptions around leadership, why you should think twice about trusting leadership experts, if leaders are born or made and how to fix workplaces and careers. Pfeffer is the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational… Read more 9/15/2015 - Jeffrey Pfeffer: What Most People Don't Know About Leadership

9/15/2015 - Here's How Wide the Retirement Gap Is Between Men and Women

Men are short of a standard goal by $270,000. Women? Half a million dollars, according to a new report. Read the full article at Bloomberg.

9/15/2015 - Here's How Wide the Retirement Gap Is Between Men and Women (Bloomberg)

While both men and women face big retirement-savings challenges, the hurdle is higher for many women. To have a decent standard of living in old age, women, who earn on average 78 cents to a man’s dollar, need to save $126 for every $100 men do. That’s the conclusion of a report analyzing savings shortfalls faced by both genders.Financial… Read more 9/15/2015 - Here's How Wide the Retirement Gap Is Between Men and Women (Bloomberg)

9/14/2015 - Live-In Laboratory May Help Older Adults Live Independently Longer

Instead of having to go to the doctors, how about a physical, every day, without having to do anything at all? We visit a live-in laboratory in Fort Worth, Texas, designed for senior citizens. Read the full article at National Public Radio (NPR).

9/14/2015 - Do you want to die at home? Here's why you probably won't.

One of the few things that people across all backgrounds and cultures value in common is home. An overwhelming amount of research from around the world has shown that home is where most patients and their family members would like to take their last breath. But not everyone has that option. Read the full article… Read more 9/14/2015 - Do you want to die at home? Here's why you probably won't.

9/14/2015 - New Evidence Resveratrol May Slow Alzheimer’s

Nothing can stop the brain’s slow decline in Alzheimer’s disease, but the latest study hints that something in red wine may slow it down. Read the full article at Time.

9/14/2015 - 7 Assumptions About Retirement (U.S. News & World Report)

You don’t really know how you’re going to live in retirement until you start doing it. But that doesn’t mean you can’t plan ahead, start to envision your retirement lifestyle and begin to put pieces of the puzzle together.There’s lots of advice, and many guidelines, to help you chart your way through retirement. Read the… Read more 9/14/2015 - 7 Assumptions About Retirement (U.S. News & World Report)