In the life of a Boomer
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Annuity carriers overextended?
It's not exactly a new topic, but one that some industry watchers say still hasn't been effectively addressed. Janet Paskin, writing in The Wall Street Journal, once again raises the issue of whether annuity companies have been too generous with their living benefit guarantees.
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Aussie boomers binge on booze
Australian baby boomers are out-drinking their teenage children, with figures revealing parents are drinking more than 20 drinks a week. Okay, but c'mon, this is Australia we're talking about.
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Boomers with no savings now being laid-off
Baby boomers who didn't save for retirement counted on working longer as a Plan B.
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Senator: IRA rollover ads misleading
Talk about unwanted attention from Washington. Fidelity and TIAA-CREF have attracted the ire of U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl D., Wis., chairman of the Senate's Special Committee on Aging. Kohl called certain print IRA rollover ads the companies have run "misleading" advertisements to entice government employees to roll over their money to them.
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Japan to declare recession
And we thought we had it bad. Let's hope this Asian flu isn't as contagious as the last one.
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Hawaii-Colorado top boomer life expectancy list
Just one of the many reasons we love being based in Colorado.
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Want some cheese with that whine?
Boomers are worried, and aren't afraid to tell you about it; this according to a social and demographic trends survey released recently by the Pew Research Center.
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Part-time is not an option
For boomers, the options are straightforward.
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The encore is not so easy
Veteran columnist and blogger for The New York Times Marci Alboher reminds us not everyone is in a position to take on an encore career.
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Boomer consumers much hipper than you think
If you think marketers are all about attracting younger demographics - you're wrong.
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Saying it all
"We are right smack in the middle of a perfect storm the likes of which no generation (and certainly no American generation of 75 million people) has ever had to face
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Online boomer behavior: What's in, what's out?
Tech savvy? Yes. Cyber socialites? Not quite. While boomers may be going online in drones, they're not flocking to social networking sites despite recent hype.
Boomer Stat of the Week
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