Life Planning Strategies
Life planning strategies, with ideas about how to use life insurance and related products to help people and businesses get things done.
No boomer-driven asset bust
By Staff WriterSome have argued that baby boomers' retirement poses a threat to working Americans' savings. The value of workers' saved assets, they say, could drop once...
September 17, 2009
Confirmed: Boomer sell-off won't crash economyMore confirmation that retiring baby boomers will not (repeat, will not) cause a drag on the economy. One question debated over and over is whether...
September 16, 2009
Boomer women key to insurance reformIn an increasingly divisive debate, boomer women appear to be fairly united on the reform front. A survey by VibrantNation.com found 84 percent of boomer...
September 10, 2009
Sinking in a morass of misinformationBarn-burner of a speech, with some House of Lords-style harrumphing thrown in for good measure. In a perfectly-timed dovetail today, the U.S. Census Bureau reported...
September 03, 2009
The Messiah's second comingTough summer for the president. A myriad of factors have his approval rating now well below 50 percent. The primary cause is his damn-the-torpedoes, full-steam-ahead...
September 03, 2009
Pop quiz: What do you know about index annuities?It's meant for consumers, but sadly, far too many advisors will fail. The Wall Street Journal's Leslie Scism offers the following quiz on equity (or...
September 03, 2009
Boomers find fiscal responsibilityAs we mentioned a few weeks ago, boomers are finally getting fiscally responsible -- just in time to screw everyone else. Cutbacks in spending by...
September 03, 2009
Does the prudent withdrawal rate still hold?Until a few years ago, conventional wisdom held that a 4 percent to 4.5 percent annual withdrawal rate was considered prudent. But in the height...