Time to Retire? … or Just Rethink

Baby Boomers are often referred to as “the lump in the snake” when describing their effect on the economy. And right now, that lump is nearing retirement, taking with it an enormous amount of experience, wisdom and time-tested street smarts. “Companies could lose everyone who remembers how they handled the last economic downturn,” said Alison Sander, in a recent New York Times feature on retirement.

On the other side of the issue, boomers approaching retirement age may not be prepared, mentally or physically, to simply walk off the job and into retirement. Between the declining value of the dollar and unstable economy, the expense of individual health insurance and lengthening life spans, many potential retirees find themselves at retirement age unready, unwilling or unable to quit.

If you’re facing this dilemma, what are your options? What things do you need to consider?

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Watch Out for Those Scams!

Unfortunately, scams will always be with us.  As the recent Madoff scandal has proven, even old, well known scams like the Ponzi scheme are still around in one shape or another.  Because of the relative wealth of our current boomers and seniors, we are prime targets of today’s con artists.

Because we’re prime targets, we need to be even more vigilant.

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Baby Boomers and Retirement!

In a recent press release on “The New Retirement Survey”- James P. Gorman, president of Merrill Lynch Global Private Client Group relayed a couple of interesting finding on baby boomers and their impending retirement.

Mr. Gordon said, “Baby boomers fundamentally will reinvent retirement. With boomers living longer and remaining engaged and employed beyond age 65, many of the traditional financial assumptions regarding retirement need to be re-examined”.

Interesting points that emerged from the survey were:
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