Get Ready for the New Retirement
Motley Fool Answers
The Motley Fool
4.4 • 823 Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2016
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Retirement just ain't what it used to be. Stock market returns, fewer employer benefits, and even changes in life expectancy mean your retirement will be very different from your parents'. We will break down the challenges and opportunities and explain how to navigate them. We'll also answer your question about fundamental index funds and explore the storied success of animal stock-pickers.
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| 0:21.7 | This is Motley Fool Answers. |
| 0:23.6 | I'm Alison Southwick, and I'm joined by Robert Brokamp, personal finance expert here at the |
| 0:27.5 | Motley Fool. |
| 0:28.5 | He's also the advisor on the Motley Fool's Rule Your Retirement Newsletter. |
| 0:32.2 | Hi, bro. |
| 0:33.1 | Hello, Allison. |
| 0:34.9 | Gone are the days of getting a gold watch and a stable pension when you turn 62. Your |
| 0:40.5 | retirement is going to look way different from your parents. In some ways, that's good. Some ways, |
| 0:45.6 | not so much. So today we're going to talk about the new normal for retirement and how you can prepare. |
| 0:51.4 | We're also going to tackle your question about weighted index funds and see how animals fare at picking stocks. |
| 0:58.6 | Monkeys! |
| 1:00.7 | We finally get to work monkeys into the show. |
| 1:03.6 | All that and more on this week's episode of Motley Fool Answers. |
| 1:07.8 | So today's question comes from Chris from Northern Minnesota. |
| 1:11.3 | Who, at this exact moment, is milking a cow? |
| 1:15.1 | Do we know that for sure? |
| 1:16.1 | We do know that because Chris is a dairy farmer and he listens to Molli podcast while |
| 1:22.6 | tending to his cows. |
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