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"I'm Going To Work Until I Die": A Look At How Unprepared Boomers Are For Retirement

"I'm Going To Work Until I Die": A Look At How Unprepared Boomers Are For Retirement

Authored by Patrick Watson via Mauldin Economics,

Wall Street endlessly gushes about retirement. Its TV commercials show how wonderful life will be in our golden years—when we are old, yet still healthy and wealthy enough to go hang-gliding every day.

Meanwhile, out here in the real world, most working-age Americans don’t want to talk or even think about retirement. Often this is because they know they aren't saving enough and probably will have to work until they drop dead.

Nordstrom Plunges After Suspending 'Going-Private' Explorations

Nordstrom Plunges After Suspending 'Going-Private' Explorations

Nordstrom shares are tumbling uin the pre-open (down over 5% to 3-month lows) as the company temporarily suspends its explorations for going-private, citing "difficulties in obtaining debt financing."

As Bloomberg reports, Nordstrom family plans to continue efforts after holiday season with management set to maintain focus on execution of business plan for year-end period.

And the result is the erasure of all post-rumor-gains and then some...

Meet The 31-Year-Old Austrian Anti-Immigrant Set To Become The World's Youngest Leader

Meet The 31-Year-Old Austrian Anti-Immigrant Set To Become The World's Youngest Leader

The front runner in Austria’s Sunday election ended his campaign with a familiar message : Sebastian Kurz pledged to make Austria great again. He is set to become the world’s youngest leader, ahead of France’s Emmanuel Macron, who is 39... oh and North Korea's 34-year-old Kim Jong-un, of course.

“I want to put Austria back on top,” he told an adoring crowd in Wiener Neustadt according to the Telegraph. “I want to provide security and order, because the Austrian people deserve it.”

Sebastian Kurz

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