USA Today

• The boomer Social Security dilemma

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  October 13, 2009

  The number of unemployed workers age 55 and older was 6.8% in September, up from 4.2% a year earlier, according to USA Today. That's lower...

• Media Star

  By Robert F. Keane  |  September 1, 2009

  When watching the business news channels on cable television many advisors seeing an "expert" pontificating about the latest financial crisis are likely to think, "I...

• Group Think

  By Kara P. Stapleton  |  December 1, 2008

  ? The SEC and the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) announced they will waive the initial setup and annual system fees paid by investment...

• Assimilation Nation

  By Staff Writer  |  July 1, 2008

  Proponents of cultural diversity may be unhappy to learn that many of the nearly 40 million U.S. immigrants are already on the road to assimilation....

• One out of eight boomers will develop Alzheimer's

  By Staff Writer  |  May 1, 2008

  It's predicted about 14 million baby boomers will develop Alzheimer's disease as they continue to age. The alarming study released by the U.S. Alzheimer's Association...

• Too much boomer love?

  By Staff Writer  |  May 1, 2008

  Around the kids, they're nothing if not supportive. But Sharon Jayson writes in USA Today that a growing number of baby boomer parents are freaking...

• Quittin' Time?

  By Olivia Mellan  |  May 1, 2008

  It's official: the first baby boomer, Kathleen Casey-Kirschling, is on Social Security. There's going to be a long line behind her--USA Today reports that an...

• For Wachovia, 'With' Is the Magic Word

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  April 1, 2008

  Wachovia Securities, now based in St. Louis, has a new national advertising campaign that aims to convey "the power created by its union with A.G....

• Older boomers benefited big-time

  By Staff Writer  |  March 1, 2008

  USA Today's John Waggoner reminds us that despite the threat of nuclear annihilation and the Vietnam War (sorry, police action) older boomers had it pretty...

• In case you missed it, first boomer files for Social Security

  By Staff Writer  |  December 1, 2007

  But honestly, how could you? Kathleen Casey-Kirschling filed for her Social Security retirement benefits online in the presence of Michael Astrue, commissioner of the Social...