HerMoney with Jean Chatzky

Ep 515: Stability Over Stress: Building A Retirement Plan For Uncertain Times


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If you’ve read economic headlines recently and thought, “Well, that’s not comforting,” you’re not alone. Market swings and broader economic uncertainty are enough to make even confident investors second-guess their strategies. 

And here’s the hard truth: Wall Street doesn’t care if you’re retiring next year. It doesn’t care if you’re five years away. And it definitely doesn’t care if you’re lying awake at night wondering if you’ve done “enough.”

The good news? You can take steps to build confidence. 

On a special episode of the HerMoney Podcast, sponsored by LIMRA, Jean sits down with two of the smartest voices in retirement – Jason Fichtner, Executive Director of the LIMRA Retirement Income Institute and David Blanchett, head of retirement research at Prudential, a portfolio manager at PGIM and a LIMRA Retirement Income Institute Fellow – to talk about how to step off the emotional rollercoaster of the markets and build a retirement plan that feels stable, predictable and livable. 

In the episode, they’ll break down:

  • Why market swings hit harder as retirement gets closer
  • How protected income can help build a foundation for financial peace of mind
  • Whether you should be worried about the future of Social Security
  • Why waiting to claim Social Security can be one of your biggest wins – and strategies to make doing so easier
  • Protected income can play a helpful role in creating more stability in retirement. If you’re curious and want to dig deeper, these two resources from LIMRA can help:

    • Retirement planning can feel complex. This resource breaks down how fees and commissions work, so you know what to expect and what questions to ask.
      • There’s plenty of conflicting information online about annuities. This guide walks through common misconceptions and explains the basics to help you better understand how they fit into retirement planning.
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