This Bloomberg article points out…”About 2.7 million Americans age 55 or older are contemplating retirement years earlier than they’d imagined because of the pandemic, government data show. They’re more likely to be White, a group that typically has a larger amount of accumulated wealth, and many cite robust retirement accounts and Covid-19 fatigue for their early exit, according to interviews with wealth managers and federal surveys.”

My advice is to keep working if you can to help support a 25+ years of retirement. That’s a long time to fill. If you do decide to “retire” spend time planning for what this time looks like.

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