Aug 9, 2017
Andrew Agemy is concerned about the retirement crisis. It's time to create your own pension plan if especially if employer doesn't offer one. Companies are getting rid of the traditional pension plans and fewer and fewer people are going to have a retirement income besides Social Security. Some will have 401(k) plans and other savings, but most won't have a guaranteed or promise income for their retirement.
It's not that people necessarily need $1 million or $2 million or $3 million at Retirement. What they need is a check to replace the check that has stopped now that they have stopped working. They may use that $1, $2, $3 million to help them do that but typically that won't be a promised or guaranteed income. Most often it means withdrawing from there Funds with no guarantees or promises - just hope.
There are things that people can do to guarantee themselves and income at retirement – creating their own pension. There are also ways to receive a promised income that they can count on although it's not guaranteed.