SURVEY: As the baby boomer generation nears retirement, what are the best options for investments, and what role should the stock markets play?

Continue a life-long program -- Drew Kanaly, Vice Chairman, Kanaly Trust Co.

Financial comfort is personal. It is not accidental. It is built, over time, through savings and compounding, and it requires a sense of future. Each person travels the path to retirement at a different pace. The beginning of a new year is a good time for any person to refocus on his financial future. The stock markets should play a role in most retirement plans. Stock investing, however, should be carefully planned in context with concentrations in other assets, company benefits and allocation of existing retirement savings.