Is your retirement plan setting you up for failure? In this eye-opening episode, financial expert Ryan D Lee reveals the harsh truth about traditional retirement planning and why it's not working for most people. Ryan shares his personal journey of following all the rules, only to watch his retirement accounts get cut in half during the 2008 financial crisis. He explains how the current system is stacked against you and why "savers are losers" in today's economy.

Discover:

• Why the traditional retirement plan is failing most people
• The biggest risk you face in uncertain economic times
• How to determine how much money you really need to retire
• Why playing the "average" game won't lead to above-average results
• The crucial question you must answer before taking money out of your portfolio

Ryan’s Retirement Calculator: Wealth Outside of Wall Street

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Quotable moments:

"Today, 71 percent of people who are saving for the future, this idea of retirement, they're using the markets. And if we just zoom back a little bit, over the last 20 plus years, the market has basically been flat." - Ryan D Lee

"When you're saving into a vehicle, when you're saving into a system that by default is stacked against you, you're inevitably putting yourself in a game that you cannot win." - Ryan D Lee

"According to the New York Times, 49 percent of the coveted middle class – these are the people that likely have done everything right – 49 percent of them are on pace to retire not just a little bit less off than they started off with. They are at on pace to retire at or near poverty." - Ryan D Lee

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