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Hello and welcome to Nerdwalt's Smart Money Podcast, where we answer your real-world money

questions in 15 minutes or less.

I'm your host, Sean Piles.

And joining me as my co-host, Deanna Yocham.

Today we're talking about a topic that I really nerd out about, and it's retirement.

Retirement savings, retirement planning, and do you have enough saved?

And this is a topic you've been writing about for longer than I've been alive.

Yeah, was that really necessary?

Yes, I think it shows that you have expertise, skills, experience.

Okay, good recovery.

Anywho, today's question comes from Allison M.

She says, Deyana and Sean, I've been putting away 10% of my income into retirement

for the past 12 years, but I'm not sure if I'm saving enough. Am I on the right track for a comfortable

retirement? I think actually Allison deserves a standing ovation. Saving consistently over 10 years

and putting my 10% of her income. That's really quite an accomplishment.

Yeah, agreed.

Kudos Allison for actually thinking about your retirement and making sure you're trying

to save enough because in fact fewer than 50% of all workers actually make sure they're

on track for a right retirement, including doing the math to make sure that's the case.

People really love rules of thumb and in general the save 10% of your income one is a good

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