 Headlines
- French Floods to Cost Hundreds of Millions
- Ukraine Arrests French Citizen Who Allegedly Planned Euro 2016 Attack
- Germany's President to Stand Down After Single Term
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Are You Prepared to Retire?
Retirement used to conjure up images of lazy days spent in a rocking chair. Today's retirement is very different. You might plan to open a  business of your own. Or perhaps you'll return to school for that degree you never had the chance to complete. So what does this redefined retirement mean to you? There is no one answer. In the coming decades, "retirement" will mean something different to each of us. Regardless of your decision, you'll need to design a financial plan suited to your specific vision of the future.
Income Is Key
A good starting point might be to examine your sources of retirement income. If you pay attention to the financial press, you've probably come across at least a few commentators who speak in gloom-and-doom terms about the future for American retirees, decrying a lack of savings and warning of the imminent growth of the elderly population.
Read more on 'Preparing for Retirement'.
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 The Markets
Statistics means never having to say you're certain, and that was certainly true last week.
The employment report, which was released on Friday, was a bit short on jobs. Analysts had predicted employers would add about 162,000 new jobs during May, according to CNBC. Instead, a paltry 38,000 jobs added to payrolls.
The United States Department of Labor focused on the fact the United States has experienced 75 consecutive months of private-sector jobs growth, as well as the significant decline in unemployment.
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By the Numbers
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