“What you save is what you got…”– Redd
You may not have heard of Redd Volkaert, but chances are you’ve heard some of his friends. Redd has been playing the country music circuit for almost 40 years. He’s the epitome of the road-weary guitar...
View Article“My biggest concern… is the rising cost of health care…”– Roland
We met Roland Doucette on a sunny New Orleans morning at his sister’s cafe in the heart of the French Market. She was out of town, so he had volunteered to man the counter for a few days. We overheard...
View Article“Retirement is continued work”– Terry
Terry lives in Reno, Nevada. He spent most of his career working for a couple of major companies and invested heavily in real estate. Between 2008 and 2009 the real estate market in Reno dropped...
View Article“Retirement? Non-existent…”
One of the prevailing themes among the people we’ve met is a deep-rooted sense that retirement, in many ways, is just a fantasy. Younger people, in particular, seem to have come to the conclusion that...
View ArticleYahoo! Finance: Broken Eggs Film Asks Americans to Help Solve the Looming...
It’s time to wake up, America; we are facing a retirement crisis.Did you know that according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute almost half of all Americans have less than $10,000 saved for...
View ArticleBenefitsPro: “Broken Eggs” documentary hopes to shed light on U.S. retirement...
The impending retirement crisis in America is the subject of “Broken Eggs Film: The Looming Retirement Crisis in America,” a documentary conceived and produced by Chad Parks, president and CEO of The...
View ArticleBenefitsPro: Ability to retire on time takes discipline, luck
The news is full of stories about how difficult it is for people to save for retirement. Guaranteed pensions have gone the way of the Dodo and Social Security is projected to run out of funds in 20...
View ArticleYahoo Finance: “Broken Eggs”: What happens when your retirement is ambushed
Scene from "Broken Eggs": Boomer couple Julia and Bob BeardsleyA decade ago, Julia and Bob Beardsley were on their way to what they predicted would be a perfectly comfortable retirement. The San...
View ArticleZocalo Public Square: Getting Young Californians to Prepare for Their...
Are you in California? Check out this latest piece in Zocalo Public Square featuring our own Director + Writer, Emily Probst Miller, as well as one of the experts featured in Broken Eggs, Teresa...
View ArticleDesign a countdown-to-retirement plan
Retirement can be some of the most rewarding years of your life.(USA Today) Yet many people jeopardize the quality and security of their golden years by not planning. They spend their 20s searching for...
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