Former State Auditor and Son Form Financial Services Company (dBusinessNews.com)

RALEIGH – Former North Carolina State Auditor Les Merritt is collaborating with his son, Dale, to form Merritt Wealth Strategies. The duo is sharing an office in Raleigh to provide investment, insurance and retirement planning services to residents in the Triangle and eastern Wake County.

RALEIGH – Former North Carolina State Auditor Les Merritt is collaborating with his son, Dale, to form Merritt Wealth Strategies. The duo is sharing an office in Raleigh to provide investment, insurance and retirement planning services to residents in the Triangle and eastern Wake County.

Ten Ways to Wreck Your Retirement (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

DALLAS—-More Americans are in a panic over their retirement planning than at any other time in history because of market uncertainty, and many are making extremely expensive mistakes, according to new study.

DALLAS—-More Americans are in a panic over their retirement planning than at any other time in history because of market uncertainty, and many are making extremely expensive mistakes, according to new study.

"My Retirement Savings Are Gone" (KiplingerForecasts.com)

The solution: Trim expenses and keep socking away cash.

The solution: Trim expenses and keep socking away cash.

Gen. Xers unprepared for retirement (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

ST. LOUIS — The number of Generation Xers (ages 27 to 42) who are unprepared for retirement is dramatically on the rise, according to a new study commissioned by Scottrade

ST. LOUIS — The number of Generation Xers (ages 27 to 42) who are unprepared for retirement is dramatically on the rise, according to a new study commissioned by Scottrade. More than half (52 percent) of Gen Xers currently have saved less than $25,000 for retirement.