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Seeing is Believing When It Comes to Saving for Retirement

Stanford University scientists have found that younger people have trouble visualizing themselves as elderly, which can limit how much they invest in their retirement plans.åÊ When the researchers showed a group of young people computer-aged photos of themselves, they became more inclined to increase their retirement investment. You can experience...

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Hold Back on Those Christmas Gifts. You’ll Need the $ for Retirement

Aon Hewitt‰Ûªs Real Deal studied the retirement resources and needs for 2.2 million employees of 78 large US employers. The study projects employees‰Ûª retirement resources and needs assuming their current behaviors continue. The study focuses on full-career contributing employees as the baseline. For this purpose, ‰ÛÏfull career‰Û was defined as...

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Many Lost When It Comes to Financial Planning for Retirement

Nearly 60% of Americans over the age of 50 are worried about the costs of long-term care, while only 16% feel prepared financially, according to a recent study by Sun Life Financial and conducted by Kelton Research.Œæ Bob Klein, Sun Life’s vice president of Strategic Planning and Linked Benefits says...

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