This «study» IMO is just another example of «fake news» and I don't believe the study even comes close to representing the true financial state
of people approaching retirement.
Bart advises
people approaching retirement age to work to reduce debt before they retire, so that they don't have debt payments to worry about when they go on a fixed income.
This reflects a fundamental idea that younger people can take on more investment risk for potential gain, while
older people approaching retirement should protect their principal by converting some volatile growth - oriented stock investments to more stable fixed - income securities.
It is a medium to long term exercise to grow an asset and in the situation when
many people approaching retirement have such limited funds set aside that asset growth may be needed to provide a comfortable retirement.
Experts recommend saving enough to get you through three to six months, with retirees and
people approaching retirement age needing closer to six months» worth to protect retirement income.
Following the investing guideline that portfolio risk should decrease — although not too fast — as
a person approaches retirement, let's assume ex-ante portfolio risk of roughly 11 percent for the 50 year old, 9.5 percent for the 55 year old and slightly below 8 percent for the 60 year old.
As
a person approaches retirement they are often looking at their investments to do two things: provide income and preserve wealth.
Lifecycle investing is growing in popularity in the industry, where people in their 20s and 30s are invested into high risk portfolios (equities) and
people approaching retirement are transitioned...
While many
people approaching retirement have actively adjusted their retirement plan to take into account recent economic uncertainty and market volatility, few recognize that an even bigger threat to their retirement nest egg is unrealistic expectations.
Social worker Gary Direnfeld, billed in TD's material as a family relationship expert, is quoted as saying it's «understandable» that
people approaching retirement age will be reluctant to have to ask their grown children for financial support once they do retire.
This kind of loan is also advantageous to
people approaching retirement, because the fixed payments make it easier to plan their finances.
With so many
people approaching retirement, or way past, the health care sector has never looked more promising.