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- Young in mind, not in body
- Several new studies indicate that the health of baby boomers isn't as good as they'd like to think, which could prove a costly illusion for employers, especially as more older workers delay retirement for financial or personal reasons. A majority (53.7%) of Americans age 50 to 64 declared...
- Research articles 2007-07-01
- FDR, Gladys Cooper, and all that
- SPEECHIFYING politicians have always raised hosannas to "our children," but in the last few years something new has been added. Now they say "our children and grandchildren." They make such a point of this that you would think someone was holding a gun to their heads. Someone is. The...
- Research articles 2007-04-30
- Are Boomers Happy to Forego Retirement?
- Are Boomers Happy to Forego Retirement?RetirementAt 61 I have worked for so many years I'm not sure what I'd do with all my free time if I quit. That being said I have artwork I'l like to spend more time doing, more travel and the freedom to be out...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-16
- Are You at War With Generation Y?
- Are You at War With Generation Y?Boomers "X" and "Y"As a Boomer I have felt threatened by the next generation "X" because they want my position. I am not threatened by a "Y" generation as they want the position held by "X". I am willing to help a...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-21
- What Is a Millennial?
- What Is a Millennial?You are making a huge assumption herethat the baby boomers will retire immediately once they reach retirement age. Nothing is further from the truth. Every single boomer I know wants to continue working when they reach retirement age, although they are usually interested in flexible...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-20
- Boomer inheritances shrink as parents live longer, health care costs rise
- Unless you're reading this column from the deck of your yacht while your first mate fetches up a pitcher of martinis, you probably won't get an inheritance. That's the conclusion of an AARP study that looked at how much boomers have inherited. As of 2004, only about 19% of...
- Research articles 2006-06-27
- Industry Experts Say Most Americans Unprepared Financially for Retirement.
- By Shannon Brennan, The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 30--Despite educational campaigns that encourage saving and planning for retirement, most Americans are woefully unprepared for their golden years. "It's not grabbing hold for the vast...
- Research articles 2004-05-30
- Boomers ill-equipped for retirement, surveys find.(Advising Boomers)(American Association of Retired Persons)
- BOOMERS PLANNING TO HAVE enough funds for retirement are in for a rude awakening, according to 2 newly released studies. The reports--one from the AARP's Public Policy Institute entitled, "Beyond 50: A Report to the Nation on Consumers in the Marketplace" and the other,...
- Research articles 2004-05-24
- Boomers' prospects mixed.(The retirement prospects of the Baby Boomers)(Brief Article)
- Boomers' prospects mixed. Although most Americans born between 1946 and 1964 will be economically secure in retirement, about a fourth will depend on government benefits, according to the Congressional Budget Office. For those in the latter category, the best strategy is to postpone retirement, which leads...
- Research articles 2004-03-26
- Money Managers Try to Build Nest Eggs for Baby-Boom Empty-Nesters.
- By Anuradha Raghunathan, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 24--Financial services companies saw it coming. Now it's almost here. The baby boomers are on the verge of their much-anticipated retirement roar, and banks, brokerages and insurance...
- Research articles 2003-08-24
- Money Managers Try to Build Comfortable Nest Eggs for Empty-Nesters.
- By Anuradha Raghunathan, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 27--Financial services companies saw it coming. Now it's almost here. The baby boomers are on the verge of their much-anticipated retirement roar, and banks, brokerages and insurance...
- Research articles 2003-08-27
- WHITEWASHED
- Byline: REBECCA GARDYN Discussing Baby Boomers as if they're a monolithic group can be misleading to businesses trying to understand what makes someone in this cohort tick. Clearly, individuals in this band of 78 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964 have diverse consumer behavior, life goals, attitudes and...
- Research articles 2003-02-01
- Are we headed to Dow 100,000? An interview with Charles W. Kadlec, Managing Director, J. & W. Seligman & Co. Inc
- (This interview took place on July 30, 2002.) J. & W. Seligman & Co. Incorporated is a New York based investment manager and advisor. Founded in 1864, Seligman has a distinguished history in the financial services industry, creating, delivering and managing investment products of the highest quality for individuals...
- Research articles 2002-09-22
- The Sacramento Bee, Calif., Moneywise Column.
- By Loretta Kalb, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 17--You've probably received those Internet offers touting investment opportunities that seem too good to pass up. Some even have links to professionally crafted Web sites. Now the...
- Research articles 2002-02-17
- Health and beauty care attracts youthful Boomers - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
- Every month, the American Association of Retired Persons AARP mails out nine million letters inviting those Americans turning 50, Baby Boomers and all, to join their organization. As the Boomers age, their sheer size makes them a market force to be reckoned with. No other generation has been as concerned...
- Research articles 2001-04-16
- the demographic investor - AIM Equity Funds Inc
- They follow demographics. In the hyperactive world of investing - with its rapid trades and lust for instant wealth - some analysts take the long view. Forget Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan with his worries about short-term interest rates. Turn off CNBC and its breathless updates about the dot-coms du...
- Research articles 2000-12-01
- CIT Forecasts Light Vehicle Sales To Level Off; Record Sales Levels Expected in 2000 and 2001
- Business Editors &Automotive Writers LIVINGSTON, N.J.--AutomotiveWire--Jan. 20, 2000 Although a healthy economy and popularity of sport utility vehicles have driven light car and truck sales, sales during the next two years will flatten and possibly decline slightly, according to The CIT Group's 2nd Annual Light Vehicle Outlook. ...
- Research articles 2000-01-20
- Boom Beats.(baby boom generation)(National Association of Home Builders of the United States)(Brief Article)
- "Boomers aren't redefining age; they are redefining youth" said Barbara Caplan, keynote speaker at the NAHB's Senior Housing Symposium 2001: Building for Boomers and Beyond, held in Phoenix this past April. "Boomers aren't redefining age; they are redefining youth" said Barbara Caplan, keynote...
- Research articles 2001-07-01
- Wide Open Spaces: Rural America awaits a surge of retirees
- If you thought the dream of life on Golden Pond died in the '80s, think again. Boomers are making retirement plans and, based the results of a Gallup poll of the over-50 set, a majority of them would like to settle down in a small town or rural area. ...
- Research articles 1999-10-01
- How do you teach Baby Boomers philanthropy?
- The Baby Boom generation continues to represent a marketing challenge to fund raising development units. The challenge to fund raising developers consists of knowing who or what appeals to this generation, the causes they would support, how they can be reached and how to elicit their support and services as...
- Research articles 1999-02-01
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