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Boomer retirement could slow U.S. recovery
chicagotribune.com ^ | Aug 22 2011

Posted on 08/22/2011 3:33:07 PM PDT by KeyLargo

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To: KeyLargo

The Fed is full of shite. Anybody working who can continue probably will continue to work. This economy has dashed most hopes of retirement.

Here in the REAL WORLD there isn’t much in the way of retirement. Stocks are just going to go sideways like they did in the 60s and 70s. IRAs are a fools bet designed to further enrich Wall Street as they make money on both sides of the trade, win or lose, and for “management fees” of IRAs.

Wonder what politician got rich over that legislation?


21 posted on 08/22/2011 4:08:35 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Half the people are below average.)
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To: lacrew
"This recovery is starting to sound a lot like global warming."
22 posted on 08/22/2011 4:08:52 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

John Galt took his social security, cashed in his IRA and bought a condo?


23 posted on 08/22/2011 4:08:52 PM PDT by silverleaf (WS)
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To: Starboard
Many baby boomers have already sold some assets in preparation for retirement

The smart ones converted some assets in preparation for the future.

24 posted on 08/22/2011 4:08:57 PM PDT by glock rocks ( I like Palin, but < insert PDS here >)
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To: dfwgator
"What @$%#@!% Recovery?"

I see that mantra bothers you as well. They just won't stop using it will they? Our local TV news (propaganda) station throws "the recovery" into every story they can as often as they can. My wife is tired of hearing me yell "What @$%#@!% Recovery?" everytime they do.

25 posted on 08/22/2011 4:09:43 PM PDT by Graneros ("It is no exaggeration to say that the undecided could go one way or another.")
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To: Starboard

“This article is total BS and nothing but a Chicago cover story for their Messiah.”

Yes. This article does originate at CNN and is published by The Chicago (Lib-une) Tribune which endorsed Obama.


26 posted on 08/22/2011 4:13:06 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: NonValueAdded
"Now it’s the Boomers’ fault. Realli, is that how he and his team is spending their summer vacation, thinking up excuses???"

8/22/11 2:36 p.m.

WLS RADIO CHICAGO

http://www.wlsam.com/

OAK BLUFFS, Mass. (WLS) - After two outings at the golf course during his Martha's Vineyard vacation, President Barack Obama has switched to basketball.

Obama arrived at the Oak Bluffs Middle School on Monday afternoon, within an hour of delivering a statement on the apparent end of Moammar Gadhafi's regime in Libya.

The White House says he's playing basketball with friends and members of his staff.

Obama has played golf twice during his 10-day stay on this resort island off the Massachusetts coast.

27 posted on 08/22/2011 4:27:32 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

We finally found a picture of Obama from college


28 posted on 08/22/2011 4:30:23 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Iscool

“For every retirement, there’s a new job opening...That will move people off the unemployment compensation roll or off welfare.”

Unfortunately, many companies are not replacing their retirees, but shifting their workloads to other employees.


29 posted on 08/22/2011 4:32:03 PM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: KeyLargo

Grasping at straws, the state-run media seeks to blame the elderly for Obama’s rotten economy.


30 posted on 08/22/2011 4:35:42 PM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: qam1; ItsOurTimeNow; PresbyRev; Fraulein; StoneColdGOP; Clemenza; m18436572; InShanghai; xrp; ...

Xer Ping

Ping list for the discussion of the politics and social (and sometimes nostalgic) aspects that directly effects Generation Reagan / Generation-X (Those born from 1965-1981) including all the spending previous generations are doing that Gen-X and Y will end up paying for.

Freep mail me to be added or dropped. See my home page for details and previous articles.  

31 posted on 08/22/2011 4:39:10 PM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: KeyLargo

If the money they paid into the pot was misappropriated it will hurt everyone. It was so it will.


32 posted on 08/22/2011 4:49:26 PM PDT by allmost
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To: KeyLargo
"The aging of the U.S. baby boom generation may slow an already weak recovery as boomers sell stocks to pay for retirement"

What the He** did they think was going to happen? That's WHY the Boomers contributed to their retirement accounts and let the dividends and interest accrue for 40 years.

In other words..."Oh, crap, the bill is coming due".

33 posted on 08/22/2011 4:55:58 PM PDT by radioone (Don't let the media pick our nominee. "Palin 2012")
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To: KeyLargo

BS


34 posted on 08/22/2011 5:00:34 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Sacajaweau

exactly I have been looking for work for 15 months now. Tons of applications and only two interviews so far.


35 posted on 08/22/2011 5:06:04 PM PDT by television is just wrong
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To: glock rocks

“The smart ones converted some assets in preparation for the future.”

Yep. Convert some assets but maybe hang onto others just in case it becomes clear that Barry is on the way out. That would be a huge green light for the markets and all that cash that has been sitting on the side lines. We could eventually see a major bull run if that scenario plays out.


36 posted on 08/22/2011 5:07:48 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: KeyLargo
Blah Blah Blah. If a person is managing his own portfolio, he is likely selling stock when it reaches the target and then reinvesting it in a value stock or one he expects to outperform the market and maybe precious metals and some cash or cash equivalents.

My self, back when the dow was pretty high in 2007, I searched to find some stock to invest in. Everything I looked at was over priced. I could not find a decent investment.

I decided the market was due for at least a correction and liquidated 1/2 of all stock holdings as well as IRA’s and 401k’s in favor of cash equivalents. That was in September of 2007. I am too old to put all of that back in the market whether I am working or not.

I have made some small stock investments since then: Ford, Precious Metals, Bank of America etc. They have more than doubled since I purchased them. Mostly, just like corporations, I am sitting on more cash than usual. Too much uncertainty where I might need liquidity.

When companies lay off workers, they sometimes give a pretty good voluntary incentive to older workers to avoid age discrimination complaints. Then they turnaround and hire younger workers at a much cheaper wage and benefit package.

In fact, that was a selling point for social security under FDR. Get the old people to retire so the younger people could have a job. Anyone who has a job had better be making some good investment decisions, to make up for the lousy pension and social security situation.

I expect it to get worse before it gets better, and I don't expect it to get better anytime soon, but not because of retirement. Where's the jobs? Put all the millions of unemployed back to work, and there will be plenty of people saving and investing for their future retirement.

37 posted on 08/22/2011 5:20:19 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: KeyLargo

Ha. I remember an article from long ago (1990s?) that basically said there would be a boom as boomers retired, because they would be spending all that money they had saved.


38 posted on 08/22/2011 5:48:21 PM PDT by dynachrome ("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
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To: qam1; NormsRevenge; Jim Robinson; Eaker; humblegunner; B4Ranch; Pete-R-Bilt; SouthTexas; ...
including all the spending previous generations are doing that Gen-X and Y will end up paying for.

Yah, it's a sad commentary. Yet, some of us boomers have been fighting the good fight since Eisenhower. Read up on Birch and Welch. Some of us over here have been fighting the dragon all our lives, and now it's your turn. Dig in, kick ass, and forget blame. We did. Maybe 'thanks for putting me through college, dad - sure a f'd up world you left us' would be a tad more acceptable in that it involves 'thanks, dad.' Sorry about the world, son. Wasn't a hell of a lot better than that handed down by my depression father, but at least he drummed in a work-yer-ass-off work ethic into me and my brothers.

I don't mean to offend, honestly. Some of us on this side of the age barrier have been fighting the good fight all our lives. I truly hope you can take over for us and do better to turn this around for your children, our grandchildren. We do love you and pray for you. God speed, and God bless.

39 posted on 08/22/2011 6:01:10 PM PDT by glock rocks ( I like Palin, but < insert PDS here >)
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To: glock rocks; qam1
I don't mean to offend

You were very polite to what appears to be a whiny little shit.

I am really not looking forward to what this bunch of yahoos leave my baby grandson to deal with. Thank goodness when things get really tough they can fall back on their Wii or gameboy skills.

40 posted on 08/22/2011 6:28:16 PM PDT by Eaker ("If someone misquotes you, it's because they know you're right.")
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