The Only Retirement Number That Matters

At a recent social event for work, I overheard a conversation about the topic of retirement between a handful of “seasoned” workers.

Each of these colleagues were in their 50s and agreed that they wanted to retire before the age of 65.

Do Each of us Have a Role in the U.S. Recovery?

This past weekend, there was a very good story in the Washington Post that stated consumer confidence was increasing, but people were still not willing to spend their money – here’s the link.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/11/AR2010061106305.html?sub=AR

When I think of “consumer confidence” I think of a single word – TRUST. Generally speaking, we either trust that things are good, ok or bad, from an economic perspective but there are several factors impact that trust.