The Alchemist - Longevity provides a new playground

The marketing fraternity would have us believe senior citizens enjoy a Golden Age.

But anyone who has been there knows better. Growing old is a horrible business, right? It is about incremental humiliation and disappointment which must be endured or hidden as the world prefers to focus on things new and fresh and young. However, this week marks the opening of a new playground for decrepitude. Longevity risk! Who would think that could be packaged with a smile? Gather round to hear how living longer and all its associated pain can offer all investors – even the very young – an exciting, profitable and socially useful function. Here is the good news up front. It is...