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3 Very Different Problems for Today’s Retirees

Times have changed. We don’t use fax machines or 8-track tapes anymore, we don’t have to worry about having enough change for a payphone, and we don’t have to wait for film to develop. Life has become easier in many ways, but we also have new things to worry about — including online scams and, of course, a global pandemic.

Retirement planning is similar. While we have new ways to help us get to and through retirement, we also face new threats to our financial wellbeing. The best ideas of the past aren’t always the best ideas going forward, but sometimes it can be hard to look past conventional wisdom.

The world we are retiring in today is much different than the world of previous generations, and so is what’s

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