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How to avoid going broke in retirement
Here are six basic strategies to make sure your money lasts as long as you do.
Former Bankrate reporter Georgina Tzanetos, M.A., covers investing and retirement. Her work has been cited across major media, including Yahoo Finance, Investopedia and GoBankingRates. Tzanetos believes in the power of financial education for the betterment of people’s futures through personal finance education and informed research.
Georgina is a former licensed financial advisor and has worked in various roles throughout the financial services industry, including as an oil and gas accounts manager for Moody’s Analytics and on the private client servicing side of J.P. Morgan Chase.
Georgina earned a double Bachelor’s degree in English and Communications from Saint John’s University and a master’s degree in Political Economy from New York University.
Here are six basic strategies to make sure your money lasts as long as you do.
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