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3 Tips To Help Baby Boomers And The Elderly Protect Their Retirements From Fraud

It can take decades to save the amount of money you need for a happy and secure retirement.

It takes a lot less time – maybe just minutes – for con artists to rob you of that security.

“When you’ve reached retirement, your goal should be to protect what you’ve saved because it needs to last you the rest of your life,” says Charisse Mackenzie (www.saturnwealth.com), a financial planner.

“Unfortunately, there are plenty of scams out there designed to separate people from their money – and sometimes specifically older people.”

If you’re a baby boomer who’s recently retired or will soon retire, you want to be aware of such schemes, she says. If your elderly parents are still around, they could be susceptible, too, so you’ll want to help protect them as well.

Mackenzie says there are plenty of things to be wary of, but just a few to be on the lookout for include:

• Beware of “can’t miss” investments. Perhaps you’ve heard radio commercials or online advertisements with tempting claims about “can’t miss” investments that will give you extraordinary returns. Be skeptical, very skeptical, Mackenzie says. “You need to keep in mind the old wisdom that if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is,” she says. Yet often, retirees let themselves be lured into these investments, Mackenzie says, and soon find that the return in no way matches what was promised, or worse, it could be a Ponzi scheme of some sort and they lose everything.
• Be sure your financial professional is licensed. It’s always a good idea to get help from a professional when you’re investing your money. But it’s equally important to make sure that person is properly licensed and registered to be doling out the advice they are giving you, Mackenzie says. The Securities and Exchange Commission points out you can check a financial professional’s background through its database at https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/.
• Beware of “pump and dump” schemes.  Let’s say an email pops into your inbox touting a great stock opportunity, but insisting you need to move quickly or you’ll miss out. You could be the target of a “pump and dump” scheme. What’s that? According to the SEC, in a “pump and dump” promoters try to boost the price of a stock with false or misleading statements about the company. Once the stock price has been pumped up, the fraudsters seek to profit by selling their own holdings of the stock, dumping shares into the market. They win, you lose.

“A little healthy skepticism never hurts,” Mackenzie says. “If someone is pressuring you or insisting that you must act quickly or you’ll miss out on some great investment, alarms should go off.

“You should always take time to weigh financial decisions, especially when they could affect your retirement. You want to protect that money in every way you can.”

About Charisse Mackenzie

Charisse Mackenzie is president of Saturn Wealth (www.saturnwealth.com). She spent time in the healthcare industry, developing budgets and running statewide programs until joining a Scottsdale-based financial firm in 2009. In 2015, she earned the Accredited Investment Fiduciary® designation from the Center for Fiduciary Studies, which certifies that she has specialized knowledge of fiduciary standards of care and their application to the investment management process. Mackenzie graduated from Arizona State University in 2003, with a focus on business, psychology and finance.

Investment advisory services offered only by duly registered individuals through AE Wealth Management, LLC (AEWM). AEWM and Saturn Wealth are not affiliated companies. Investing involves risk, including the potential loss of principal. 659943

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BEBOP SENSORS WINS TIME MAGAZINE

BEST INVENTIONS 2018 AWARD FOR FORTE WIRELESS GLOVE
 

BeBop Sensors Wireless Data Glove is First Fully Featured Affordable Data Glove to Incorporate Haptics & Super Accurate Rapid Sensing

Light-weight & One-Size-Fits-All for 15 Hours of Ultra-Comfortable Wireless Use
 

Applications Include Industrial, Medical, Human Factors, Virtual Reality, Gaming,

Design and More

Video: https://youtu.be/ircKkheMUOM

Release: http://www.thomas-pr.com/bebop/beboptimeaward2018release.html
 
Berkeley, CA, November 28, 2018 — BeBop Sensors www.bebopsensors.com, the leader in smart fabric sensor technology with over 2 million state-of-the-art wearable smart fabric sensors shipped, announced today that it has won TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions 2018 Award for the Forte Wireless Data Glove. The first fully featured affordable wireless data glove to incorporate haptics and super accurate rapid sensing, the BeBop Sensors data glove is perfect for a wide variety of applications, including industrial, medical, human factors, virtual reality, gaming, design, and more. The gloves are created for over 15 hours of wireless use, ultra-comfortable, one-size-fits-all, and light-weight -- unlike any other gloves in the market. See the award info at: http://time.com/collection/best-inventions-2018/5454437/bebop-sensors-forte-wireless-gloves/
 
Forte Wireless Gloves Bring Designs to Life in 3D
 
Patrick Lucas Austin, Technology Columnist, TIME Magazine, thinks that the ability to have digital “hands” in virtual reality could be a game changer for creative professionals, allowing them to bring their designs to life in a three-dimensional VR space. “California-based BeBop Sensors is making that possible with its Forte wireless gloves, which allow users to grab and manipulate digital objects as if they actually existed in real life. Thanks to flexible sensors embedded in their fabric design, the Forte gloves can track more of a wearer’s hands than other virtual-reality gloves (most of which are designed for simpler uses in video games). That translates into far better accuracy when replicating a wearer’s movements. Architects, for instance, are already using the Forte gloves to assemble VR models of their buildings that make it easier to see how they will look when constructed in real life,” Austin concluded.
 
“We are honored to win TIME Magazines’ Best Inventions 2018 Award for BeBop Sensors’ innovative Forte wireless data gloves,” said Keith McMillen, Founder and CEO, BeBop Sensors. “Our gloves help the user blend with the VR environment, with embedded haptic actuators that allow you to feel the texture of different surfaces, as well as provide feedback when you pick up something or push against an object.”
 
About TIME Best Inventions Award
 
TIME’s annual 50 Best Inventions Award lists products making the world better, smarter and even a bit more fun. To assemble the 2018 list, TIME solicited nominations across a variety of categories from their editors and correspondents around the world, as well as through an online application process. Each contender was then evaluated on key factors, including originality, creativity, influence, ambition and effectiveness. The result: 50 groundbreaking inventions that are changing the way we live, work, play and think about what’s possible. See the full list of TIME Magazines’ Best Inventions Awards at: http://time.com/collection/best-inventions-2018/. See BeBop Sensors’ TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions Award at: http://time.com/collection/best-inventions-2018/5454437/bebop-sensors-forte-wireless-gloves/.
 
About BeBop Sensors
 
BeBop Sensors uses smart fabrics to create elegant sensor solutions for OEMs. Where things or people interact, BeBop Sensors comprehends force, location, size, weight, bend, twist and presence across any size, resolution and geometry. BeBop’s technology is robust and proven with over two million sensors in daily use. Based in Berkeley, California, BeBop Sensors makes things knowable for product designers and visionaries. For more information and demonstrations, see the BeBop Sensors website: www.bebopsensors.com.
 
Press Contact:
Karen Thomas/Eva Yutani
Thomas PR Emails: kthomas@thomaspr.com, eyutani@thomaspr.com
(631) 549-7575 Website: www.thomaspr.com www.thomas-pr.com
 
BeBop Sensors Photos:
BeBop Sensors Dataglove: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/bebopsensorsdataglovehighres1.html
OCS Car Seat: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/bebopsensorsoccupantcarseat.html
Smart Helmet Sensor System Photos: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/bebopsensorssmarthelmet.html
BeBop Sensors: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/bebopsensors.html
Pressure Map: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/bebopsensorsmap.html
Sensor Family Photo: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/bebopsensorsfamily.html
Skullcap Sensor: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/bebopskullcapsensor.html
Foot Pressure: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/bebopsensorfootpressure.html 
BeBop Sensors Logo: http://www.thomas-pr.com/136/photos/beboplogo.html
 
BeBop Sensors Videos:
Glove: https://youtu.be/ircKkheMUOM
Sensors: https://youtu.be/UBakV63xi64
BeBop YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmv9Arx_LvLmO2UViR76pHA/videos
 
BeBop Sensors Press Releases: 
IDTechEx Award: http://www.thomas-pr.com/bebop/bebopsensorsidtechexwearableaward2018release.html
Series A Funding: http://www.thomas-pr.com/bebop/bebopsensorsbullpenrelease.html
Forte Glove: http://www.thomas-pr.com/bebop/bebopsensorsfortedatagloverelease.html
CES 2018: http://www.thomas-pr.com/bebop/bebopsensorsces2018release.html
VR Gloves: http://www.thomas-pr.com/bebop/bebopdatagloverelease.html
BopPad: http://www.thomas-pr.com/bebop/bebopkmiboppadsmartfabricrelease.html
OCS: http://www.thomas-pr.com/bebop/bebopairbagsafetysensorsrelease.html
Smart Helmet: http://www.thomas-pr.com/bebop/bebopsensorshelmetrelease.html
Gartner Award: http://www.thomas-pr.com/bebop/bebopgartnercoolvendorrelease.html
Frost & Sullivan Award: http://www.thomas-pr.com/bebop/bebopfrostandsullivanawardrelease.html
 

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CON ETIQUETTE

PREMIERE NEW SONG

"TRIAL AND ERROR"

VIA PURE GRAIN AUDIO

WATCH HERE

November 28, 2018 - New York, NY - Con Etiquette are premiering their new song "Trial and Error" exclusively todayvia Pure Grain Audio. Listen HERE. The single, which follows up the band's most recent EP The Company We Keep, is the first of a number of new songs planned for the band this fall. For more information on Con Etiquette, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/pg/conetiquette/.

Con Etiquette are a four piece rock band from southern Connecticut. Their sound can be described as a high energy blend of '90s alternative rock and contemporary post-rock, led by frontman/guitarist Antonino Lappostato, who, as a former solo acoustic artist, has a knack for smart songwriting. The band, fleshed out by guitarist Vin Testani, drummer Matt Krugel and bassist Dan Nicolari, make punchy, well-written songs touching on life and death, and everything in between.

The band's debut release Resulting In..., was warmly received, with New Noise Magazine giving the album a five-star review, writing, "Con Etiquette is a refresher course on post-rock, a reminder of the progressive genre we've all forgotten could be this good." The band followed this up with the aforementioned, The Company We Keep, and currently, the band is gearing up for a number of new singles to be released over the next few months.

For more information, please visit:

https://www.facebook.com/pg/conetiquette/

https://twitter.com/conetiquette_ct

https://www.instagram.com/con_etiquette/