Half of boomers have a $1.5 million retirement income gap to fill
By Staff WriterAbout 50 percent of boomers aged 55 to 63 have saved less than $500,000 for retirement. Most believe they'll need $2 million. Still, 30 percent of...
June 04, 2009
Bring back the passbookYet another (oh, about the millionth) sign of the times. According to Karen Blumenthal in The Wall Street Journal, "the dowdy savings account is making...
June 04, 2009
Work until you dieWe point to the indispensable Jerome Corsi and his Red Alert newsletter, who found that before the recession about 15 percent of the 78 million...
June 04, 2009
Insecure, caring, confident and suspiciousTalk about a complicated bunch. Steve Howard, author of "Boomer Selling," details the following boomer consumer characteristics. Everything under the sun had been written about...
June 04, 2009
So much for civilized debateSaw Karl Rove debate General Wesley Clark at the TD Ameritrade conference. A raucous affair, to say the least. Catcalls from the crowd, audience members...
June 04, 2009
Beyond five years into retirement, boomer confidence plummetsIf retirement were to last only five years, boomers could feel much more secure. Fifteen years or more, and less than a quarter of them...
June 03, 2009
FINRA sanctioned far less in 2008, law firm reportsIt was a "slow year" for FINRA in 2008, according to one law firm's assessment. Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP released analysis Wednesday revealing FINRA -...
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