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Americans are obsessed with youth. Correction! Americans are obsessed by the idea of youth. We’re preoccupied with how to appear young and how to act young.  Particularly the over-50 set — we’ll…

To work or not to work. This is the question baby boomers frequently have to face, as many of them are now forced to consider joining the nation’s retirement ranks. …

In one episode of 30 Rock, Liz Lemon and her boss, portrayed by Alec Baldwin, are stuck at Liz’s high school reunion where he’s accepted as a fellow classmate, even though…

Walking into a local big box hardware store at the end of October, and seeing every square inch of floor space covered with Christmas decorations before most people even had…

Retirement preparation has always been a big deal, but in the unsure economic times that we live in today, retirement preparation and planning is even more of a concern. After…

If you took to heart the recent media chatter about Obamacare, you might easily conclude that The United States is a heartless nation.  Thrown out of your job recently? Lose…

It’s been another tough week for gold, with both the five-day and monthly charts showing a loss. On the big chart, we haven’t seen prices like these since the fall…

I once watched a story about a reporter who tried to buy things in modern stores with gold. It should surprise no one that he was not able to purchase…

Here in the United States, politicians routinely play the blame game over what seem like small changes in the unemployment rate. If the official rate slips, say, from 7.5% to…