About this episode
A few months ago, AARP released a survey that found that one in five Americans over 50 reported having no retirement savings, and over half don’t think they'll have enough money to keep them going in retirement. While many of us used to have pension plans to keep us afloat in retirement , now the vast majority of us rely heavily on Social Security and 401(k)’s. Our system and our life expectancy are just different now…which means we need to plan differently. (And yes, this means we need to actually make a plan.) Christine Benz, author of How To Retire: 20 Lessons For A Happy, Successful, And Wealthy Retirement , shares her top strategies for planning the retirement of your dreams. Join our free budgeting webinar on October 15th at 7 PM ET! https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GXkmVlwFRVGfi39jim9xZQ#/registration Chapters: 00:00 The Retirement Crisis 02:00 Planning for Longer Lives 04:01 The Shift in Retirement System 06:50 Challenges of Retirement 10:01 Cognitive Decline and Long-Term Care 13:46 The Bucket Approach to Retirement 22:14 How To Calculate Retirement Needs 26:24 The Impact of Taxes on Retirement 29:04 Non-Financial Aspects of Retirement For the latest episode drops and financial news-you-can-use, subscribe to our newsletter at Hermoney.com/subscribe ! Interested in learning more about investing alongside hundreds of other women? Join us every other Monday night on Zoom and learn more at investingfixx.com . Thank you to Gainbridge® for supporting the HerMoney podcast. Gainbridge® created ParityFlex™, a multi-year guaranteed annuity, to offer women security and flexibility at a time when they need it the most—retirement. Learn more about ParityFlex™ here. The HerMoney with Jean Chatzky podcast is sponsored by Edelman Financial Engines. The podcast team and its host are neither employees nor clients of EFE, however, the show does receive fixed compensation and is a paid endorser and therefore has an incentive to endorse EFE and its planners. To learn more about the sponsorship, please visit PlanEFE.com/HerMoney . Use promo code HERMONEY at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual plan at https://incogni.com/hermoney . Grab the exclusive NordVPN deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/hermoney and get extra subscription time. Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Thanks to NordVPN for sponsoring our show. Please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast, and to learn more about Airwave, head to www.airwavemedia.com . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices