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Making and Keeping New Year's Resolutions for Retirement

It's the time of year we reflect on the past, and plan for the year ahead. Setting resolutions (whether we end up keeping them or not) is a ritual many of us take on with the hopes of stopping a bad habit, hitting the gym more, or sticking to those diets. But what about resolving to save more, pay down debt or put more aside for retirement?

Perhaps not surprisingly, these financial resolutions are not as popular as the health and wellness ones. In fact, according to the *, only 14% of people are including financial planning as a resolution in

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