In this episode of Decoding Retirement, America’s definitive voice on retirement, Robert 'Bob' Powell speaks with Olivia Mitchell, Professor at Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, to discuss how to deal with retirement regrets.

Find out everything you need to know about the imminent insolvency of the social security trust fund and more.

Retirement planning doesn’t mean locking up your money for a rainy day and forgetting about it. Planning your future means reacting to events today. Decoding Retirement gives you the tools to navigate the years ahead, and take action now! Each week, Robert 'Bob' Powell will dissect the big headlines, decode key themes, and unpack the possible domino effect for your money. When it comes to retirement planning, Robert Powell and Yahoo Finance will not let you fall behind!

Find this episode and more episodes of Decoding Retirement at https://finance.yahoo.com/videos/series/decoding-retirement.

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:50 - The social security fairness act

2:50 - Social security facing insolvency

9:00 - Financial literacy

12:50 - Optimally positioning 529 plans

10:50 - How to allocate your money

16:40 - Retiring with debt

19:10 - The importance of financial advice

Yahoo Finance's Decoding Retirement is hosted by Robert Powell, and produced by Austin Rivera.

Robert Powell holds several prominent positions within the financial industry. He serves as the editor-in-chief of the Investments and Wealth Institute's (IWI) Retirement Management Journal, the world's first peer-reviewed journal solely dedicated to retirement income. He also hosts the Exceptional Advisor podcast by IWI. Powell is both a Certified Financial Planner® and Retirement Management Adviser® certificant.

Olivia S. Mitchell is an American economist and the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Her interests focus on pensions and social security, and she is the executive director of the Pension Research Council, the oldest U.S. center devoted to scholarship and policy-relevant research on retirement security.

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