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Did You Just Use an Internet Quiz to Determine Your Retirement Date?

With just a quick browser search, you can find thousands of surefire formulas for retirement success — everything from how much should be in your portfolio to how old you should be when you quit the working world.

Of course, the Internet doesn’t know you. (Even if it seems like it does sometimes.) Though the information it provides can often be helpful — especially when it encourages preparation and not panic, — all those theories and rules of thumb are just a starting point for retirement planning.

There isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution for when to retire or an online calculator that can get you a truly

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