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Retirement

How to Become a Growth Investor

May 5, 2011
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I heard a statistic the other day that snapped my head back. The speaker said that in the U.S., 8,000 Baby Boomers are turning 65 every day. That’s a lot of gray. (It’s also one reason there’s likely to be so much resistance to any efforts to cut Medicare and Social Security benefits, but I digress.) I also know from talking to people on our Client Service side that the average new subscriber to a Cabot investment newsletter tends to be between 55 and 60 years old. That’s a critical age range, in which significant changes abound. By that...

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Get Your Portfolio Ready for Retirement

April 19, 2011
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Get Your Portfolio Ready for Retirement

While reviewing comments and suggestions from our Cabot Wealth Advisory readers, I found several excellent ideas in one of our recent surveys.  I am always looking for new topics to write about, and several of your suggestions not only piqued my interest, but also offer lessons for all investors. One reader remarked: I am interested in step-by-step instructions on stock investing. I think that request goes well with this question: How should I develop my portfolio for retirement? Rather than give you my own opinions, I decided to consult expert advice, and no one is better than the American...

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A Generation of Booming and Busting

November 5, 2009
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A Generation of Booming and Busting

In 2005, as if by magic, Web sites, TV talk and news shows, newspapers and magazines were filled with stories about how the Baby Boom Generation was going to be turning 60.  In 2008, further illustrating the continuing association of the Boomers and the Beatles, the cute features were about the song “When I’m 64,” Paul’s jaunty little ditty that asked: “Will you still need me/Will you still feed me/When I’m 64?” And there’s not much risk in predicting that when the first Boomers reach full Social Security retirement age–now 66 for those born between 1943 and 1954–there will...

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