Jim Lorenzen, CFP®, AIF®
There’s seems to be a huge gap between perceived retirement income knowledge (how much people really know) and the knowledge people actually possess.
That appears to be the conclusion one can draw from the results of the American College’s National Retirement Income Survey. The survey used questions commonly used to gauge financial literacy and the results of the quiz were pretty poor. The mean retirement income literacy score was 47%… only 26% of older Americans passed the literacy quiz in 2017.
While only 12% of those with the lowest levels of wealth ($100,000 to $199,000) passed the quiz, the passing rate for those with $1.5 million or more in wealth was only 50%!
If you would like to take the American College’s Retirement Income Literacy Survey for yourself and read the full report on the national survey results, you can do it here.
Enjoy!
Jim
Jim Lorenzen is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professional and an ACCREDITED INVESTMENT FIDUCIARY® serving private clients since 1991. Jim is Founding Principal of The Independent Financial Group, a registered investment advisor with clients located across the U.S.. He is also licensed for insurance as an independent agent under California license 0C00742. The Independent Financial Group does not provide legal or tax advice and nothing contained herein should be construed as securities or investment advice, nor an opinion regarding the appropriateness of any investment to the individual reader. The general information provided should not be acted upon without obtaining specific legal, tax, and investment advice from an appropriate licensed professional.
