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AMERICA’S DO-IT-YOURSELF SYSTEM IS FAILING MANY RETIREES. ANSWERS FROM TWO RETIREMENT EXPERTS
Why are so many American seniors facing downward mobility in retirement? Retirement experts Teresa Ghilarducci and Jamie Hopkins have answers and solutions.
WEALTHTRACK Episode #1624; Originally Broadcast on December 13, 2019
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70% of current retirees say they would have “no idea what they would do” without Social Security yet only 13% of Millennials expect to rely on it. That is just one of the stark differences between current and future retirees according to Wells Fargo’s 10th annual retirement survey. Download the study here [.pdf]
WEALTHTRACK’s retirement experts all agree that for most people deferring Social Security benefits until the age of 70 is one of the best financial decisions you can make. This website will help you find out what it could mean for you.
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There is a retirement crisis in this country. It is becoming more apparent as 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 every day. A recent Wells Fargo survey found that more than eight in ten current retirees fund their retirement primarily with Social Security, or a pension; just 5 % do so from personal savings such as an IRA or 401(k). Seven in ten retirees say they would have “no idea what they would do” without Social Security.
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SLOWING ECONOMIES & RECORD LEVELS OF DEBT ARE A DANGEROUS MIX
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PRESCIENT ECONOMIST DAVID ROSENBERG WARNS OF MOUNTING RECESSION SIGNS
Influential economist David Rosenberg lays out a persuasive case for the end of the record-breaking economic recovery in part one of a two-part WEALTHTRACK podcast. Listen to Part 2 here.
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IS CORPORATE AMERICA’S FOCUS ON PROFITS THE PROBLEM WITH CAPITALISM? TWO ENTREPRENEURS RESPOND
Do corporations need a new purpose? Does the free enterprise capitalist system need a major overhaul or a tune-up?
We have two guests with strong views on the topic. Ken Langone is Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Invented Associates. He is Co-Founder of the Home Depot where he was Lead Director and a member of the executive committee of its board from its founding in 1978 until 2008. He is a noted philanthropist and the author of I Love Capitalism!: An American Story.
He is joined By David Gardner, the Co-Founder, and Co-Chairman of The Motley Fool, a global online investing service launched with his brother Tom in 1993. Motley Fool’s purpose is to make the world smarter, happier and richer by helping individuals become better investors.
RECESSION & BEAR MARKET RISKS WITH FINANCIAL THOUGHT LEADER JASON TRENNERT
As the Dow and S&P 500 hit new records this week, there is much to contemplate and for the markets to digest in the final weeks of 2019. Time to consult Jason Trennert of Strategas Research Partners, a financial thought leader who has the scope to put it all together and tell us what it means.
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