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Veritat Offers Comprehensive, Fee-Only Financial Planning Services that are Affordable and Scalable
Veritat is a start-up seeking to leverage process and technology innovation to scale a business model that is typically saddled with persistent and burdensome variable costs. If successful, Veritat will be able to deliver premium services to a mass audience.
Wealth Preservation through Annuities, or Why Mike Tyson Should Have Purchased an Annuity
According to a 2009 article in Sports Illustrated, 78 percent of former NFL players have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress within two years of their retirement, and 60 percent of former NBA players are broke within five years of their retirement.
Doctor Brandon Colby on Predictive Medicine, the Power of Prevention and Planning for a Long Retirement
Brandon Colby, MD, is a world leader in the field of predictive medicine, a medical specialty that combines comprehensive genetic testing with personalized prevention based upon your genes. Dr.
David Stipp on Anti-Aging Science and the Need to Hedge Longevity Risk in Retirement
David Stipp has written about science, medicine, the environment and biotech since 1982 for The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Salon, Science and other publications.
Low or No Surprises Supports the Case for Annuities in Retirement
In a basic sense, information theory measures the level of surprise in a message.
A highly informative message will come as a complete surprise and tell you something about which you had no previous knowledge.
Sounds pretty good, right—of what use is it to be told what you already know? Well, there are actually cases where information is not so welcome.
Why Even Bother with Self-Service Investing During Retirement
I have a huge amount of sympathy for many of the people who are recently retired or close to retirement.
The Singularity Presents an Extreme Scenario for Retirement and Annuities
There is a prominent and growing group of people who believe that the exponential pace of technological progress will have a profound near-term impact on society. Singularity is a term often associated with this school of thought.
The Five Most Interesting Companies at Finovate
Finovate is a popular conference series featuring young technology companies that are focused on financial services.
eRollover CEO Tim Harrington on Filling a Void in the Retirement Planning Market
Tim Harrington is the Chairman and CEO of start-up eRollover.
Tim is a seasoned technology and consumer marketing entrepreneur. Among Tim’s accomplishments is the ecommerce company Fogdog Sports--a venture he led from inception through successful IPO and post-IPO merger.
Doctor Walter M. Bortz on the Challenge of Financing Human Longevity
Walter M. Bortz II, M.D., is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine and a graduate of Williams College and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Recognized as one of America’s leading scientific experts on aging and longevity, Dr. Walter Bortz's research has focused on the importance of physical exercise in the promotion of robust aging.