Senior Market

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  Pension group pushes Congress to kill proposed retirement savings cap

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  April 22, 2013

  Any drop in tax incentives could have a ripple effect across the industry, says the executive director of the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries.

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  Second acts: How (and why) boomers are embracing encore careers

  By Daniel Williams  |  April 17, 2013

  The novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote: “There are no second acts in American lives.” A growing number of baby boomers would disagree with him.

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  A day in the life of Amy Kraft

  By Daniel Williams  |  April 16, 2013

  A former advisor talks candidly about how she made the leap from Wall Street "suit" to yoga therapist — and how her job description has in some ways remained the same.

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  A predictable and growing marketplace

  By Lloyd Lofton  |  April 16, 2013

  The U.S. population age 65 and over is expected to double in the next 25 years. Isn’t that a market you should consider working with?

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  How one former advisor is redefining retirement

  By Daniel Williams  |  April 16, 2013

  From Wall Street to her yoga studio, baby boomer Amy Kraft has always had an eye on helping retirees make their Golden Years golden.

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  8 consumers speak out on investment scams

  By Daniel Williams  |  April 12, 2013

  A few bad apples can cause irreparable damage to the clients they harm.

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  How to run the most efficient agency ever

  By Ed McCarthy  |  April 11, 2013

  The downfall for many senior market advisors is that even though they know how to sell, they don’t know how to run a business.

• Chroncling decline from the inside

  By Staff Writer  |  April 8, 2013

  Writers with Alzheimer’s are shedding some light on the sill fairly mysterious disease.

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  QLACs: When clients outlive their longevity insurance

  By Robert Bloink, Esq., LL.M., William H. Byrnes, Esq.  |  April 5, 2013

  The IRS has recently blessed the path to using qualified pre-tax dollars to purchase longevity annuity contracts.

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  Official: Obama proposes cuts to Social Security

  By Jim Kuhnhenn  |  April 5, 2013

  The President’s budget proposal also includes a proposal to place limits on tax-preferred retirement accounts for wealthy taxpayers.