CHAPTER ONE
The New Rules of Retirement Saving I know. N ot the sexies t topic (except to actuaries like me). But it may be the most important thing you change this year. So, what did I do wr ong? I saved for the futur e in the wro ng way . It wasn’t my fault. Not completely, anyway. I had a lot of people—experts among them—encouraging me to save this I “Invest in the future because that is where you are going to spend the rest of your life.” ~ Habeeb Akande did it wrong. That’s not easy for a person like me to admit. I’ m an actuary. And actuaries are mathematical experts at managing risk. Yet, I was blind to some of the biggest financial risk s I’ d ever face. T here’s a good cha nce you’re doing it w rong, t oo. This book is an attempt to fix that. What is the “it” I’ m referencing. Saving for your futur e.
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