Saturday, December 30, 2023

Pay no attention to these retirement myths

This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion publishes each week based on

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Three Myths About Investing for Retirement — Allison Schrager

Whatever you've been told about your retirement, odds are that it's wrong. Saving enough for your retirement, and investing the right way, are truly among the hardest of all financial problems. In many ways, it's more difficult than running a large endowment or hedge fund — and yet we all must do it.

The challenge is to make your money last a lifetime while facing uncertainty about the future of markets, your income, your health and your longevity. Meanwhile, all the misinformation and bad advice out there makes retirement finance harder than it needs to be. In an effort to make things a little easier — and with full knowledge that one column can do only so much — Allison Schrager has outlined three myths about retirement.

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Jane Fraser's Empathy Doesn't Mean Citi Is Soft — Paul J. Davies

The Peak in Gasoline Demand Turns Out to Be a Mirage — Javier Blas

I've Had Trouble Hearing. Then I Tried New Glasses. — Dave Lee

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