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Why is everyone prepping for doomsday?

The right believes it’s because we have displeased God. The left believes... more

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Sunday’s Hippie Digest

RIP – Michael Davis (1943-2012) The Bassist for the MC5 has Died of Liver... more

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Unemployed and Forgotten: Seeking a Jeremy Lin Moment

There are a great number of benchwarmers who could use a break right now. Baby... more

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Music training has biological impact on aging process

– Age-related delays in neural timing are not inevitable and can be avoided or... more

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25 Bitter And Painful Facts About The Coming Baby Boomer Retirement Crisis That Will Blow Your Mind

For decades we were warned that when the Baby Boomers started to retire that this... more

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Two Schools of Thought

Looking at the state of the world today we are at a transitional phase. On one hand... more

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Special Report: Addiction on the rise among baby boomers

Those in the treatment world are seeing a new group of addicts. Baby boomers who are... more

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Worldwide Hippies News Briefs Thursday

Gov’t warns of risk with high-powered magnets Poll finds more boomers working... more

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Baby Boomers Remain Skeptical Of The Establishment

The baby boomers were born in the two decades after World War II and known for their... more

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Baby boomer divorcees face homeless risk

MIDDLE-CLASS DIVORCEES risk poverty and homelessness as they grow older, according to... more

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Every generation deserves a chance

- I couldn’t help but feel a little defensive when interviewing Sean Lyons a few... more

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Baby Boomers among the 2011 Beautiful Minds

A nationwide effort to select the 2011 “Most Beautiful Minds” resulted in... more

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Boomer Gal: They’re OUR words, ya dig?

– It could only happen to boomers. What other bunch of people would spend... more

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Global crunch the real thing for old hippies boomers

ENDURING music veteran Russell Morris – made famous by his 1969 psychedelic... more

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Baby Boomers to question the generation’s good life

– THERE must be a point at which every lemming realises it is his turn at the... more

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Two Cool Boomer News; Which LBJ? – “forever young”

I’m one of those members of the baby boom generation who expects life to roll on... more

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Two Cool Boomer News; Hoarding Treasures – Look out for LOLA

Look out for LOLA Baby Boomers take heart, there may just be treasurers among all... more

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Boomer Retirement: Headwinds for U.S. Equity Markets?

Historical data indicate a strong relationship between the age distribution of the U.S. population and stock market performance. A key demographic trend is the aging of the baby boom generation. As they reach retirement age, they are likely to shift from buying stocks to selling their equity holdings to finance retirement. Statistical models suggest that this shift could be a factor holding down equity valuations over the next two decades.

The baby boom generation born between 1946 and 1964 has had a large impact on the U.S. economy and will continue to do so as baby boomers gradually phase from work into retirement over the next two decades. To finance retirement, they are likely to sell off acquired assets, especially risky equities. A looming concern is that this massive sell-off might depress equity values.

Many baby boomers have already diversified their asset portfolios in preparation for retirement. Still, it is disconcerting that the retirement of the baby boom generation, which has long been expected to place downward pressure on U.S. equity values, is beginning in earnest just as the stock market is recovering from the recent financial crisis, potentially slowing down the pace of that recovery.

This Economic Letter examines the extent to which the aging of the U.S. population creates headwinds for the stock market. We review statistical evidence concerning the historical relationship between U.S. demographics and equity values, and examine the implications of these demographic trends for the future path of equity values.

Demographic trends and stock prices: Theory

Since an individual’s financial needs and attitudes toward risk change over the life cycle, the aging of the baby boomers and the broader shift of age distribution in the population should have implications for capital markets (Abel 2001, 2003; Brooks 2002). Indeed, some studies attribute the sustained asset market booms in the 1980s and 1990s to the fact that baby boomers were entering their middle ages, the prime period for accumulating financial assets (Bakshi and Chen 1994)......

http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/letter/2011/el2011-26.htmlHistorical data indicate a strong relationship between the age distribution of the... more

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Two Cool; Boomer News – Get Bent – Holy Old Farts, Batman

YOGA: Locals bend with this trend Batman Adam West Trades Gotham City For Palm Desert

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21 Signs That The New Reality For Many Baby Boomers Will Be To Work As Wage Slaves Until They Drop Dead

All over America tonight, millions of elderly Americans are wondering if their money... more

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