PFIN Online, 1 term (6 months) Printed Access Card for Billingsley/Gitman/Joehnk's PFIN 6
PFIN Online, 1 term (6 months) Printed Access Card for Billingsley/Gitman/Joehnk's PFIN 6
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781337118026
Author: Randall Billingsley, Lawrence J. Gitman, Michael D. Joehnk
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 14, Problem 1LO
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To discuss: The importance of retirement planning, and state the three biggest pitfalls to good planning.

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Retirement planning is important because it helps to the individuals in meeting their needs and wants in the old age or when they don’t have another source of income. Also, old people do not require taking money from their child or from anyone else for fulfilling their needs and wants.

The three biggest pitfalls to good planning are as follows:

Starting too late

Investing too conservatively

Putting away too little.

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