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6 Things You Can Do Right Now to Ensure Your Money Will Last in Retirement

If you’re within six months or so of retirement, there are certain things you need to do now to help prepare yourself for the transition into retirement.

Throughout this retirement preparation process, there will be times when you feel as though you are making a series of rapid-fire micro decisions as you work through Social Security benefits, Medicare options, pension elections and retirement account distributions.

The decisions to be made are many, and understanding the long-term ramifications of those decisions is paramount, considering that your retirement years could be as many as those spent working.

The numerous options you will face can become a labyrinth of choices leading many people to attend YouTube university in search for answers,

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