More than once during Monday's last general session of the day, it was tough to tell whether Stanford University professor Laura Carstensen's presentation was a celebration or a cautionary tale.
Death and taxes may remain life's only pair of certainties, but if the last several decades have shown us anything, it's that death's taking longer to show up, while we can't seem to keep the taxman from coming back.
Sunday's afternoon session here at NAPA's annual 401(k) conference could have carried a much easier title: "Retirement planning for retirement planners."