Pensions
U.S. News & World Report - July 11, 2008
Baby boomer women are more likely to have a more financially secure retirement than their predecessors. A new study found that men and women at large companies are both on track to produce the same share of
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PBS, June 23, 2008SUZANNE PRATT: Many new or soon to be retirees want to stay in their
homes. But they worry they won't have enough money to do so or wonder
what will happen if they face a financial crisis. For some a reverse
mortgage can be a viable
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Reuters, June 23, 2008Record foreclosures and
limited access to credit will make it harder than usual for the
U.S. housing market to rebound from this slump, the worst since
at least World War Two, according to a Harvard University study
released
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The New York Times, June 21, 2008You’ve probably heard about the bumper sticker, even if you haven’t
seen it. It’s the one on Cadillacs in Florida and Lexuses in Arizona
that says “I’m spending my children’s inheritance.”
We’ve laughed at that for
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Yahoo Finance, June 19, 2008
An improved tool from Uncle Sam is one of the best resources available to help calculate your retirement finances.Most people have the same first question about retirement: How big a nest egg will I need? Two years ago,
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SFGate, June 16, 2008Ruth Britton enjoys her part-time work as a
college instructor. But, at 69, there are plenty of other things the
Greenbrae resident would like to do - volunteer, write, take classes,
travel.
The problem is, with the cost of living
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Seeking Alpha, June 1st, 2008Book review: While America Aged by Roger LowensteinWhere
were you while America aged? I’ve been following the issues in this
book written by Roger Lowenstein for over 20 years. As an actuary (but
not a pension actuary)
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San Francisco Chronicle, May 20th, 2008Americans are worried that
they might not have enough money for retirement, as health care costs
rise and inflation erodes the value of their savings, according to a
survey released Monday.
The study sponsored
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USAToday, May 16th, 2008Patty Stewart of Redlands, Calif., is beginning to think she won't be able to retire at 65. Or 67. Or possibly ever.
Like millions of other people, Stewart is
counting on her 401(k) and her home equity to pay for retirement.
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NYtimes, May 4th, 2008
The future of Americans’ pensions has not become a serious campaign issue so far this election season. It’s hard to get retirement issues to the front of the line when the nation faces soaring health care costs, global warming,
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NYTimes, April 21st, 2008EDWARD M. HOUGHTON, a human resources executive at Pitney Bowes,
was sick of traffic jams and unpredictable hours. Bina Kozak, who
matches patients to cardiologists at a Scripps Health clinic in San
Diego, wanted to volunteer
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Barron's Online, March 18th, 2008How much of a nest egg do you need to join the true elite? The
tool-and-die man figured he was retiring rich. After selling an Arizona
business that he'd built up over 30 years, he retreated to a 30-acre
spread on the
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The Wall Street Journal, February 28th, 2008
Financially stretched workers are increasingly breaking into their retirement accounts to get cash.
Over the past couple of decades, the 401(k) account and its brethren
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Center for retirement research at Boston College, March 2008Income tax provisions affect the buildup of retirement assets during
workers’ careers and after-tax income following retirement. This paper
uses the Urban Institute’s DYNASIM model to
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Center for retirement research at Boston College, December 2007
The official poverty measure in the United States fails to reflect
modern day economic resources and spending needs. The official measure
is based only on cash income and does not
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