Rules of thumb are better than nothing, but smart investors customize their own savings targets. 

(You can hope investments will do all the heavy lifting on the road to retirement, but what you really need to do is take a close look at your budget in an effort to bump up your savings rate and reduce spending.)

 

Today's Stocks & Topics: DG - Dollar General Corp., Saudi Arabia's Oil Exports, Bond Exposure, NEE - NextEra Energy Inc., Mortgage Rates, SOFI - SoFi Technologies Inc., VET - Vermilion Energy Inc., RIO - Rio Tinto PLC ADR.

 

Plus: Key Benchmark Numbers and Market Comments for: Treasury Yields, Gold, Silver, Oil and Gasoline.

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