A Few More Years Working

Florida beckons, but these days it looks as if people on the verge of retiring may have to wait for those sunny skies a little longer.

Financial planners say that investors who pinned their hopes on early retirement only a few short years ago have had to put those plans on ice. Given the market's lousy performance, they're now planning to put in more years of cubicle time than they had expected.

Indeed, a UBS/Gallup survey released this February found that 19% of investors said they might delay their retirements because of the weak economy. On average, they expect to leave the workforce 4.4 years later than they had originally expected. ...