| Boomers Beware: Calculating Your Retirement Nest Egg May No Longer ...
WINTHROP, Mass., March 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Boomers face bigger challenges than their parents did when it comes to calculating how much money they need to cover retirement expenses. Fewer employers offer the generous pensions for lifetime employees, and post-retirement medical benefits are largely a relic of an earlier era. And the old rules-of-thumb pre-retirees once used to forecast a secure retirement don't apply in today's economy. A fresh approach to evaluating your individual financial situation and unique needs will improve your accuracy in calculating how much wealth you will need to accumulate for a retirement nest egg. Here are a few tips to avoid the pitfalls of using outmoded retirement planning techniques. Understand retirement expenses. The old models predicted a comfortable retirement if the nest egg provided something in the order of 60 - 70% of pre- retirement income.
Q4 2007 CKE Restaurants Earnings Conference Call - Final
OPERATOR: Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the fourth-quarter fiscal 2007 CKE Restaurants earnings conference call. My name is Shaquana and I will be your coordinator for today. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. We will facilitate a question-and-answer session towards the end of this conference. (OPERATOR INSTRUCTIONS). I would now like to turn the presentation over to your host for today's call, Mr. John Beisler, Vice President of Investor Relations. JOHN BEISLER, VP OF IR, CKE RESTAURANTS: Good morning. Thank you for joining us. My name is John Beisler, Vice President of Investor Relations for CKE Restaurants. CKE Restaurants is hosting this conference call to discuss our results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended January 29, 2007. This morning CKE issued a press release announcing its financial results for the fiscal year ended January 29, 2007 and filed a report on Form 10-K.
US Global Investors Resources and Gold Funds Win 2007 Lipper Fund ...
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The World Precious Minerals Fund, managed by U.S. Global Investors Inc. (Nasdaq:GROW), is the 2007 winner of the Lipper Fund Award in the Best Gold-Oriented Fund category. 2007 marks the second consecutive year that the World Precious Minerals Fund (UNWPX) has won the Lipper award for best gold fund. The award was earned for the fund's consistent return for the three years ending December 31, 2006. The fund was ranked #1 of 49 funds in its category for that time period. The fund also was recognized by Lipper as being the best gold fund in consistent return for the five years ending December 31, 2006. The fund was ranked #1 of 38 funds in its category over that period. The Global Resources Fund (PSPFX), also managed by U.S.
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