The Baby Boomers Retirement Blog » retirement income

Do You Have Enough Money For Retirement?

Istvan Horvath — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:32:42 +0000

The economy is in a sorry state. Whether that is true where you live right now, or not, there is no doubt that financial markets are constantly rising and falling. The younger you are, the more able you will be to ride out the fluctuations, but youth is still no guarantee of a secure future. For people nearing retirement this can be nerve-wracking. Baby boomers, for example, are going to need their retirement savings and pensions sooner rather than later. Know where you are – Before you can do anything about improving your retirement income, you need to have an idea of where you’re starting from. The more honest and thorough your assessment, the better. Add up all of your

Who needs a digital pension?

Istvan Horvath — Tue, 12 May 2009 17:12:31 +0000

Almost everybody needs a digital pension. What the heck is a “digital pension”? – you may ask and you are right in doing so. Let me remind you that we live in a digital era. The Digital Revolution meant the end of the Industrial Age and the beginning of the Computer Age or Information Era. Nowadays, many people tend to think of the Information Age or Digital Era in terms of cell phones, digital music, high definition television, digital cameras, email on the Internet, the Web, and other relatively new products and services that have come into widespread use. The pace of change brought on by such technology has been very rapid. One of the biggest changes that influenced

Baby Boomers: the wealthiest generation or financially retarded?

Istvan Horvath — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:54:18 +0000

The other day I had a discussion about my Pension Report (download it if you don’t have it yet) with two young men of my son’s age: early thirties. They were trying to convince me that the report together with upcoming Pension Manual might be useless, since the Baby Boomers — you, the Boomers, as they put it — are the biggest spenders of all times and the highest earners as well. While all that is true, I know for sure that the other half of the equation is also true. Namely, that we, the Baby Boomers are not prepared for our retirement. Read this random quotations from very respectable studies and reports, and you be the judge: The comprehensive study of nearly