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Baby Boomers Transforming Ageing Part 1

I have to say I don't normally read The Sun, however, I came across reference to this article on a French website and found it a really interesting reading.  It is Part 1 of a 2 part series written by Dr Ken Dytchwald, widely regarded as the world's leading expert on the problem global ageing.

In summary he is saying that we the Baby Boomers, those born between the end of World War II and the early sixties, have set the trends in popular culture and business throughout our lives.  The good news, according to Dr Dytchwald, is that we haven't stopped and we "continue to turn the clock back and go from strength to strength".  The massive baby boom is now being felt as a huge "age wave" around the world which is redefining what old age and retirement means, we are still defying convention.  We always knew we would didn't we?

Read the complete article here

I will publish a link Part 2 as soon as it comes out.

More Women Millionaires

Did you hear the news this week that according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), a London-based consultancy, women millionaires will outnumber their male counterparts within 15 years? Click here to read a the story at Reuters.

It doesn't surprise me given that other reports have shown that women appear to be more successful stockmarket investors than men, and more of us are leaving employment to create our own companies - again hardly surprising given that UK women are still not receiving 'equal pay'.  The CEBR report reveals that increasing wealth from stockmarket investing is indeed one of the factors that will lead to this happy situation. And it also attributes rising property prices, longer life expectancy and - wait for it - bigger divorce settlements.

According to Steve Doughty's report on the same story in the UK's Daily Mail,