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Retirement: Three Big Questions

To make sure your financial future is secure, answer this trio of questions

by: Kathy Kristof, from: AARP The Magazine, November 2011 issue

En español | At the peak of the 2008 market meltdown, Mark Wilson got one of those calls every financial planner dreads. On the line was a sobbing 65-year-old retiree, begging him to sell all her investments — stocks, bonds, everything. She was convinced she was going to lose her retirement savings and wind up destitute. Wilson had been receiving a lot of calls like this. … Back to Article

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