Apr 29, 2017 | Money and Aging, Retirement Plans, Retirement Reality
“It’s no secret that millions of Americans are approaching their retirement years with meager savings and high anxiety about their financial security. And a recent study from Merrill Lynch and Age Wave reveals steps that Americans are willing to take to get their...
Apr 26, 2017 | 401k, Do You Know, Retirement Plans, Retirement Reality, Risk and Rewards
“A majority of professors fear they could outlive their retirement savings, while administrative employees are more concerned about shorter-term issues: paying off debt and meeting their monthly household expenses,” writes Doug Lederman in an insidehighered.com piece...
Apr 23, 2017 | Boomer Retirement, Planning for Longevity, Retirement Plans, Retirement Reality
“Three in 10 workers are stressed about retirement,” writes Hazel Bradford in a pionline.com piece, citing the 27th annual Retirement Confidence Survey released by the Employee Benefit Research Institute and Greenwald & Associates. “Despite that, only four...
Apr 19, 2017 | Boomer Retirement, Planning for Longevity, Retirement Plans, Retirement Reality
“As in prior years, there is a big gap between when active workers expect to retire and when retirees say they actually did,” writes Rebecca Moore in An interesting plansponsor.com piece, citing the 2017 Retirement Confidence Survey (RCS) from the Employee Benefit...
Apr 16, 2017 | Asset Allocation, Do You Know, Planning for Longevity, Protect Your Family, Retirement Plans, Retirement Reality
“A CRR analysis finds that total wealth from retirement plans has largely been flat from 1992 to 2010,” notes a piece in thinkadvisor.com headlined Future Retirees Could Be More Reliant on Social Security. “Employer-sponsored retirement plans are providing less...
