The period between ages 18 and 50 may be tough, but according to research, 51 is great.…
Boomers should bulk up on dividends and value stocks, Jon Chevreau writes on his blog, The Wealthy Boomer.…
MetLife recently asked pre-retirees a series of questions about how they would transition into retirement.…
More evidence that aging-in-place is a top priority for boomers—one-third of boomer women say they plan to stay in their current home for the next 10 years.…
The affluent are slightly less concerned than they were in October, but nearly half still say they are worried about their ability to meet financial goals.…
The recession may have made thrift fashionable, but for boomer women, there’s no trading down when it comes to skin care.…
A Genworth Financial study found that while the cost of in-home care is rising, it’s doing so at a slower pace than care in a nursing home or assisted living facility.…
More than half of the middle-income women surveyed felt unsatisfied with their current financial situation and uncertain about their future financial needs.…
Sid Salter of the Jackson Clarion Ledger writes of an overlooked issue buried in the health care hoopla, one that should concern us all.…
Despite being bombarded with ads and related information urging investors to consider Roth IRA conversions, baby boomers appear comfortable staying right where they are—on the fence.…
As the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College helpfully notes, the impact of the financial crisis on the retirement savings of the early baby boomers has received considerable attention.…
“Still Out, Still Aging: The MetLife Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Baby Boomers” shows stark differences and striking similarities between the two groups with regard to attitudes, demographics and aging.…
An important question asked by our friends in the consumer press.…
If you take an old snapshot of Woodstock and apply it to
78 million people…we’ll, it might not be the most accurate picture. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again; lump boomers in to one monolithic demographic at your own risk.…
Innovation in the annuity space took off in the last decade, but did it translate to sales?…