Myths About the Bust That Will Follow the Boom(ers)
Washington Post - United States
Boomers' retirement will be bad for the economy. Not really. It'll be bad for the federal budget, sure, but it will actually be good for the economy as a ...

RETIRING EARLY: QUIT WITH TIME ON YOUR SIDE
Newsweek - USA
There's a great calculator at early-retirement.org/fire that will help put a number on your dream. But there's a very simple rule for guesstimating. ...

Three Magical Ingredients for a Happy Retirement
American Chronicle - Beverly Hills,CA,USA
Twenty percent of women found retirement quite different from what they imagined, versus 15 percent of the men. How to enjoy your retirement, apparently, ...

These misses are on target
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
In his book How Much Is Enough, leading financial adviser Arun Abey explains: "Women perform better than men because of their behaviour. ...

Life with a 'road commode' is not for this boomer
Zanesville Times Recorder - Zanesville,OH,USA
A retirement home that needs a seatbelt in the privy is not for me. Boomer Gal Kathleen Norton was born at the peak of the American baby boom and prays for ...

Survey: US Women Want a Secure Retirement, but Are Not Confident ...
WWJ - Detroit,MI,USA
Retirement also is a top-of-mind consideration for 28 percent of baby boomer boomer women (ages 43-61) who participated in the study. ...

Baby Boomers Face Massive Loss of Retirement Wealth Due to Housing ...
Common Dreams (press release) - Portland,ME,USA
The study, “The Housing Crash and the Retirement Prospects of Late Baby Boomers,” analyzed the wealth holdings of families headed by people between the ages ...

More bad news for boomers
Home-price declines will eat into retirement nest eggs. Wealth to drop at least 25% for homeowners who will be in the 45-to 54 age bracket in 2009.

10 Rules for Optimism

Coaches help train mid-career execs
Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago,IL,USA
"I knew these people would hit retirement and wouldn't want to stop working," he said. He describes the current situation as the "boomer business startup ...

Encore careers give 'retirees' another chance to do their dream jobs
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
But a new national survey released Wednesday found that nearly 10% of baby boomers polled are currently pursuing "work that matters in the second half of ...

Can Retirees Afford to Work?
Mountain News - Lake Arrowhead,CA,USA
Here's an example from the SSA website, www.ssa.gov: Say you've taken early retirement and are entitled to $800 a month in benefits, totaling $9600 a year. ...

Rise in people shunning retirement
Financial Times - London,England,UK
The second most marked rise is occurring among those aged between 50 and retirement age, the point where a decade ago employers offered generous early ...

To Buy or Not to Buy
Motley Fool - USA
By Billy and Akaisha Kaderli June 13, 2008 I recently checked RealtyTrac to find bargain homes in our area of Mesa, Ariz. ..

Billy and Akaisha continue to journal and photograph their world travels

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