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Gender Split on Retirement Worries
The Wall Street Journal - July 27, 2008 The complexity of preparing financially for retirement can make anyone nervous -- but a new survey finds women are more worried than men about the challenges ahead, particularly inflation, health-care costs and Read More
Rising prices hammer seniors on fixed incomes
USA TODAY - July 2, 2008 Long before workers at the San Diego Food Bank began distributing cardboard food cartons from the back of a truck on a recent day, elderly men and women, many needing walkers and metal canes, formed a line in a church parking Read More
Early Retirees in New Ventures, Mostly for Fun
New York Times - July 3, 2008 RISK-AVERSE? Clueless as to what P.&.L means? You, too, can be an entrepreneur. Not the hard-driving type who makes the business news pages. Rather, the laid-back, come-what-may variety. Many of them are part of Read More
Comfortable retirement a fading dream for many
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 Read More
Mom forced to live in car with dogs
CNN, May 20th, 2008Barbara Harvey climbs into the back of her small Honda sport utility vehicle and snuggles with her two golden retrievers, her head nestled on a pillow propped against the driver's seat.A former loan processor, the 67-year-old mother Read More
Shrinking nest eggs: How the ailing economy affects yours
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. Read More
Gender Gap in Retirement Savings
BusinessWeek, May 13th, 2008In this roundup of B-school research: why women are better savers, it's good to talk up your rivals, and how a logo can spark ideas. Women are more motivated than men to save for retirement, according to a recent report from Read More
She Wants a Career and He Wants Golf. Now What?
NYTimes, April 21st, 2008WITH his longtime New York City estate and business law practice winding down, Robert Rubinger was ready to retire five years ago, at age 76. But his wife, Nancy, who was then 66, was not. Ms. Rubinger had started working Read More
A Longer Goodbye
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 Read More
Suze Orman: Make your retirement a reality
Post-bulletin, April 12th, 2008A recent Wachovia survey reported that more than half of female respondents ''feel worried'' when they think about being prepared for retirement. Below is a list of a few things you can do to ensure that your retirement Read More
Americans Delay Retirement
The Wall Street Journal, April 1, 2008Nest Eggs Shrink, Deferring Dreams; 'Freaked Out' EliteAs the falling real-estate and stock markets erode their savings, many aging Americans are delaying retirement, electing labor over leisure in uncertain times.A Read More
Women will drive boomer retirement
InvestmentNews, March 31, 2008By now you are probably tired of hearing that baby boomers are going to change retirement. The fact is, they are. Yet despite all the talk, the financial services industry still remains mostly unprepared — largely because Read More
Most Older Americans Living Longer and Better
US News & World Report, March 27th, 2008Older Americans are living longer than ever and enjoying better health and financial security, a new report finds. Yet there continue to be lingering disparities between racial and ethnic groups. In 2006, Read More
When Should Married Men Claim Social Security Benefits?
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, March 2008Most married men claim Social Security benefits at age 62 or 63, well short of the age that maximizes the expected present value of the average household’s benefits.  That many married Read More
Are You Rich?
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 Read More
 
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