Spending in Retirement
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By Staff Writer54% - Percent of financial service employees who admit to being behind schedule in their retirement plans. 35% - Percentage of financial service employees...
June 06, 2008
Nationwide Sets Up Income Planning DeskA financial services company has formed a new advisory service to help retirees avoid running out of money.Nationwide Financial Services Inc., Columbus, Ohio, has established ...
June 03, 2008
Cushioning the fall25% - Approximate percentage of boomers who are pulling money from their 401(k)s to pay day-to-day expenses. 27% - Percentage of younger boomers who...
June 03, 2008
Re-evaluating micro-fundsInvestors have turned their backs on micro-cap funds recently. According to Greg Brown of Morningstar, though, there are some benefits to adding micro-caps to a...
June 03, 2008
When going green doesn't make "cents"In college, a socialist friend of mine used to say Americans would only do something about the problem of acid rain when they saw the...
June 03, 2008
Consumer confidence hits 16-year lowWe really don't want to report this next story ... really, we don't. The Wall Street Journal writes that consumer confidence weakened more than expected...
June 02, 2008
Cashing out to povertyThe Wall Street Journal reports on a disturbing trend, but one we're not all that surprised about. According to the paper, "as consumers max out their...
June 02, 2008
Desperate measures for desperate timesOkay, so now it seems sovereign wealth funds aren't really as much of a concerns as Hank Paulson originally thought. Oil prices skyrocket, the Arab...