The Not-So-Golden Years: Are You Better Prepared Than Other Americans?

Explore a compendium of facts on Americans’ shortfalls in retirement savings, presented in graphic form. As should always be your habit with poll data, don’t try to take the actual numbers to the bank. But as rough approximations, we think you’ll find them as surprising, if not startling, as we did.

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