How Much Should Retirees Have Invested by Age 65?

Retirement is something you hear about often throughout your working life. It's easy to push those retirement thoughts away during your younger years, but waiting too long to get serious about your financial future can have serious consequences.The typical U.S. household has median retirement savings of just $200,000 at age 65.In other words, someone using the popular 4% rule is trying to live off just $8,000 in their first year of retirement. Not many people can live off of that, so it's safe to say there is a financial crisis among older Americans.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool