Center for Retirement Research

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  Asset Allocation Has ‘Minor’ Role in Retirement Planning

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  April 10, 2012

  Financial advice tends to focus on how financial assets are allocated. But other levers may be more important for most households.

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  Retirees Boost Their Financial Risk With Gold

  By Ronald Delegge, ETFguide.com  |  March 30, 2012

  If generating income is their primary financial goal, why are they overleveraged in non-income producing assets?

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  The Great Retirement Rethink

  By Ellen Uzelac  |  October 26, 2011

  Retirement was once such a tidy thing. You worked, you saved, you retired. Not anymore. As an affluent investor in a new study by Hearts & Wallets puts it: “I don’t think retirement is the buzzword it once was. ‘Okay, yeah right, retirement. Okay, yeah right, I’ll win the lottery.’...

• Private Sector Retirement Wealth Comparable to Public Sector Savings

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  October 4, 2011

  A new issue brief from The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College compares retirement wealth for private employees versus their state and local government counterparts.

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  At FPA San Diego, Alicia Munnell Paints Bleak Retirement Picture

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  September 16, 2011

  Alicia Munnell, director of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, told attendees at the FPA Experience 2011: “We have a significant increase in retirement needs and a decrease in available retirement resources.”

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  Retirement Crisis Overblown, Rand, NBER Says

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  August 2, 2011

  A new report from the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Rand Corp. finds seven in 10 Americans between the ages of 66 and 69 are “adequately prepared” for the consumption levels required for a successful retirement.