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Mature Market Experts Stat of The Day: The collapse of the RV industry

Mature Market Experts: more mature market news and stats more often – The collapse of the RV industry – According to the Warranty Week, no segment seems to have been harder hit by the recent recession than recreational vehicles with the virtual collapse of the RV (recreational vehicles) industry. The report states the accruals made [...]

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Mature Market Experts Stat of The Day: What Does The Mature Market Cut In A Bad Economy?

Mature Market Experts: more mature market news and stats more often – What Does The Mature Market Cut In A Bad Economy?- AARP’s research “A year-end look at the Economic Slowdown’s Impact on Middle-Aged and Older Americans,” which was a review of 2008 provides some interesting insight on what changes the mature market makes during [...]

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A Share of Sunrise for 4 Bits?

What are we supposed to make of this Mature Market Experts? What is arguably (forgive me, Erickson) the most dominate brand in senior housing is trading at less than 50 cents a share as of this writing. That same share was trading north of $26 on the first trading day of this calendar year. For [...]

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Mature Market Experts Stat of The Day: Savings and 401(k) plans

Is the mature market financially sound going in to retirement?Only about 40% of boomers have managed to save $100,000 or more, and hardly anyone is maxing out a 401(k) plan. Source: Dan Kadlec, Boomers: How to age gracefully, CNNMoney.com In my 15+ years of dealing with the 65+ market, once they are retired, the only [...]

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How’s the economy affecting the mature market?

How’s the economy affecting the mature market? Here’s NBC’s nightly news take on the subject. What are you seeing out there?

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