Very inter­est­ing col­lec­tion of recent news…let’s con­nect some dots 1) Great arti­cle titled Boom time for retirees (Finan­cial Times) - “By 2015, boomers will have a net worth of some $26,000bn (£12,750bn, ¬17,670bn) equiv­a­lent to a year’s gross domes­tic prod­uct for the US and euro­zone com­bined. They will con­trol a larg­er pro­por­tion of wealth, income and con­sump­tion…