72%: Percentage of workers who start thinking seriously about retirement between 6 months and 2 years prior.

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Obama or McCain -- no matter which camp you are in, a serious question arises with respect to Social Security.

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As the economic downturn continues, clients who find that they are retirement-plan rich but cash poor will tend to make more frequent use of 401(k) debit cards to pay for bills they can't quite manage with their regular income.

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With the long-term solvency of Social Security a question on many retirees' minds, annuities continue to provide an easy-to-understand instrument for tax deferral and guaranteed income.

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Fear about not maintaining current standard of living

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48%: Percentage of American workers who plan to work past the age of 67.

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28%: Percentage of mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures in the current crisis from Americans 50 or over.

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120%: Percentage of debt to disposable income for seniors in 2007.

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Everyone talks about referrals, but few actually pursue them.

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Complex generation. Heterogeneous group. These are not historically the titles we've come to associate with baby boomers. But, as various studies over the years have taught us, advisors must quickly begin to change how we view this important and often misinterpreted group. So too must we step away from our one-size-fits-all approach to retirement planning advice.

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58%: Percentage of independent registered investment advisers who expect the S&P 500 to rise in the next six months.

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$17.6 trillion: Total U.S. retirement assets by the end of 2007.

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"Despite their desire for a significantly better retirement lifestyle, most boomers are not following their parents' example of financial discipline and are not taking the necessary steps to achieve their own lofty retirement goals."

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A Nationwide study has found that 57 percent of current retirees are living on Social Security and company pensions alone, leaving retirement savings untouched for fear of running out of money.

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31 million - Number of people over 65 who depend on Social Security as their main source of income; $11,723 was the average income amount.

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126%: Percentage of income retirees need to replace to keep up with inflation, long life spans and medical costs.

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51%: Percentage of boomers who think their parents are satisfied with their retirement.

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33.9%: Percentage of people between 55 and 64 who owned an IRA at the end of 2005.

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81%: Percentage of middle-aged and older Americans who think the economy is in bad shape.

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For 18 years, the Employee Benefit Research Institute has conducted its "Retirement Confidence Survey," and this year saw some of the biggest swings in the history of the survey.

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The next generation of clients will be different in many ways from today.

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The "Sandwich Generation" is not the name of a restaurant or deli - though perhaps it should be.

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MetLife Inc. announced it has purchased EverBank Reverse Mortgage LLC from EverBank.

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Much has been written, in this column and elsewhere, about how the failure to adequately plan and prepare for retirement will keep many baby boomers in the workforce longer than they wish.

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