Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"
Retiring Baby Boomers Could Consolidate Financial Services
Financial-planning.com
January 26, 2009
Overview: “As baby boomers head toward retirement, they will likely decrease the number of relationships they have with financial institutions and reshape the entire industry, according to new research from the Retirement Income Industry Association.”
The math of your Social Security calculation
Paul Briand
Examiner.com
January 26, 2009
Overview: “Early-wave Baby Boomers started collecting Social Security last year, a trickle that is becoming a torrent -- 10,000 Baby Boomers will apply for benefits every day for the next 20 years. But be advised if you are part of that torrent: The calculation of your Social Security benefits may not accurately represent what you'll collect when the time comes to actually retire.”
Something to Think About
Sindya Bhanoo
The Washington Post
January 26, 2009
Overview: “There is no strong medical evidence that games such as these boost mental capacity or slow the aging process, but aging baby boomers have been investing heavily in brain fitness books and classes, as well as computer games and memory improvement workshops.”