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Wednesday, March 16, 2005

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Special Report: Reinventing retirement

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Investing in bonds used to be considered a solid retirement strategy. Not so simple anymore. Then again, neither is the definition of 'retirement'... We've been warned about a wave of retirees, as the boomers leave the workforce. And there've been all sorts of predictions about how this might play out. Perhaps it's time to go beyond mere predictions. Reporter Jo Giese sensed the reinvention of retirement is already underway. So she took her gear and travelled to a state where there's been a sudden influx of retirees. A place where you probably won't have much use for shuffleboard sticks.

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  • Marketplace/Sound Money's Reinventing Retirement Special
    Beginning March 11th, Marketplace and Sound Money will explore these issues in a four-part series called "Reinventing Retirement." Special Correspondent Jo Giese traveled to Wyoming for our story. That state's quickly graying population gives us a glimpse of what's down the road for the rest of the country as the baby boom generation starts to retire.

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