May 26, 2017 | Boomer Retirement, Do You Know, Retirement Plans, Retirement Reality
In another superb cbsnews.com MoneyWatch column, Steve Vernon asks: “Are you among the nearly half of Americans who can’t pass a financial literacy quiz?” “Being able to ace such a test is important for all age groups, but perhaps even more so if...
May 10, 2017 | Boomer Retirement, Health Care Costs, Pension Parameters, Retirement Plans, Retirement Reality
You can never go wrong with a Steve Vernon cbsnews.com MoneyWatch column, and this typically informative and gracefully written one–headlined How Boomers are Adjusting to Prospects of a Frugal Retirement—is no exception. Vernon writes: “Several years into...
May 1, 2017 | Boomer Retirement, Money and Aging, News, Retirement Plans
“With Americans living longer and the Great Recession walloping employees’ nest eggs, a new CareerBuilder study estimates half of U.S. workers at least 60 years old don’t think they’ll be able to retire until 70 at the earliest,” writes Andrew...
Apr 23, 2017 | Boomer Retirement, Planning for Longevity, Retirement Plans, Retirement Reality
“Three in 10 workers are stressed about retirement,” writes Hazel Bradford in a pionline.com piece, citing the 27th annual Retirement Confidence Survey released by the Employee Benefit Research Institute and Greenwald & Associates. “Despite that, only four...
Apr 19, 2017 | Boomer Retirement, Planning for Longevity, Retirement Plans, Retirement Reality
“As in prior years, there is a big gap between when active workers expect to retire and when retirees say they actually did,” writes Rebecca Moore in An interesting plansponsor.com piece, citing the 2017 Retirement Confidence Survey (RCS) from the Employee Benefit...
Apr 13, 2017 | 401k, Boomer Retirement, Company Retirement Plans, Money and Aging, Pension Parameters, Planning for Longevity, Retirement Plans, Retirement Reality
“Seventy-eight percent of investors think they will have enough money to maintain the lifestyle they want in retirement, up from 69% in 2014, “ writes Lee Barney in a plansponsor.com piece, citing the Wells Fargo/Gallop Investor and Retirement Optimism Index. “In...
