Retirement: Emerging Markets to the Rescue?   Published December
18, 2012   As retirement approaches, millions of baby boomers do
not have the savings they need to live well in their golden
years. The reason for this may not only be because some didn't
start early on their retirement planning -- but because of the
catastrophic economic crisis we've had to face. Some people fear
the U.S. economy will not grow at a rate that will help their
portfolios catch up.  But Scott Below, chair and associate
professor in the Department of Finance at East Carolina
University in Greenville, N.C., says retirees should not give up
hope. In the second part of a two-part interview, he says
economic growth in emerging markets may provide the tailwind
U.S. retirees need to lift their retirement balances higher.
Because of the shift to an aging population in the U.S., Japan
and some countries in Europe, an economic slowdown is forecasted
in those regions. Do you think the two go hand in hand?  An
aging population does act as a d