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Over the next five years the largest cohort of the baby boomer generation will reach retirement age and while it is broadly assumed that they will have comfortable retirements, a recent analysis of their assets shows that more than half of this final group of boomers are not financially prepared to retire whatsoever.
In today's video we look at how American retirees found themselves in this position, and how much you need to save to have a comfortable retirement.

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While America Aged by Roger Lowenstein: https://amzn.to/4fLLZ45
Peak Boomers Paper: https://www.protectedincome.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Peak-Boomers-Econ-Impact-Study-ALI-RII-Shapiro-Stuttgen-EMBARGOED-Apr-18-2024-041924.pdf
Fed Survey: https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/scf/dataviz/scf/chart/#series:Retirement_Accounts;demographic:agecl;population:4;units:have;range:1989,2022
Private pensions in the United States: Gambling with retirement security: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-social-policy/article/private-pensions-in-the-united-states-gambling-with-retirement-security/F6599767174900C76CF00146B9F295C4

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America's Retirement Timebomb!

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