14 Quotes by Don Blandin

With what's happening in the market, we see that confidence is going down in terms of older Americans feeling comfortable with their nest eggs. We got ourselves into a period of false confidence, expecting double-digit returns on all our investments. Now, we are seeing people reassessing where they are with respect to what the market is doing and what the economy is doing as they see their 401(k) funds and IRA accounts go south.

More Americans are focused on saving for retirement, but are they putting away enough? It's not grounded in a plan and they're saving blindly. They really don't know if they're saving enough.

Our goal is to deliver the seminars in as many public libraries as we can.

People have to balance their consumption with their formation of their nest egg. They have to not sacrifice tomorrow for being able to spend all they possibly can today.

Marketing to students is definitely working, as many of them end up signing for as many as five to six credit cards.

We all recognize that investors need to know certain key facts and concepts. But it may be even more important to their long-term financial security that investors learn the behavioral process of investing.

We need to simplify the process for small employers. We also need to build demand among employees by persuading them to consider retirement planning a priority.

After you've done the numbers, and it's not rocket science to do that, you may have a gap. The earlier you know that, the better. The time to discover that is not when you're retiring.

Some people think that we're kind of headed toward a train wreck when it comes to baby boomers' saving. They're saving, but not enough. Their money could retire before they're done retiring, which could cause a strain on our national fabric.