Retirement Starts Today Radio

Do you let news headlines affect your choices? The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College wanted to learn more about this question, so they conducted a study to find the answers. In this episode of Retirement Starts Today, we’ll take a look at the findings of this study and analyze how people’s misconceptions can influence their life choices in retirement. After checking out the retirement headline, I’ll clarify a Rule of 55 question from Dave. Listen in to hear how headlines may be affecting your decisions. Outline of This Episode [2:32] Media coverage of Social Security could affect claiming age [7:21] Don’t let scary headlines plan your retirement for you [9:40] A tricky Rule of 55 question from Dave Do sensational headlines affect people’s retirement decisions? I found an article written by Emile Hallez at Investment News titled Media Coverage of Social Security Could Affect Claiming Age which piqued my interest since, as a financial advisor, this is exactly what I don’t want to hear.  In this