Tag: 2020 stock market crash

Global,Business,And,Finance

For older workers starting to think about retiring, the economic maelstrom the coronavirus set in motion is a reminder of that sinking feeling they experienced just over a decade ago. In 2008, the stock market plunged nearly 40 percent, accelerating the steep decline that was underway in U.S. house prices. The unfolding 2020 recession is…

Art saying Now what?

For baby boomers who thought they were on the path to retirement, the road is shifting beneath their feet. Danielle Harrison, a financial planner in Columbia, Missouri, sees a raft of problems stemming from the COVID-19-induced economic slowdown. Many older workers getting close to retirement age are taking big hits to nest eggs that wer…