Earnings360 Newsletter for 12/10/2024

A $250,000 nest egg growing at 5% a year and paying out $2,500 a month runs dry in just over a decade. Start with $150,000 and it's gone in under six years.

A new Prudential survey of more than 3,000 Americans over 50 found 86% don't feel free to spend their savings on things they enjoy.

Tim Plaehn, who has advised investors since the 1980s, is tracking a monthly income fund built on major U.S. companies that pays cash without requiring investors to sell shares.

In 1929, the Dow fell 89 percent and took 25 years to recover. A 60-year-old who held on wasn't whole again until age 85.

In 2008, one bad year wiped out more than half the savings of those aged 56 to 65. Today, the national debt stands at 38.86 trillion dollars, far higher than in 1929.

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