Tag: 2020 stock market crash
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For older workers starting to think about retiring, the economic maelstrom the coronavirus set in motion is a reminder of that sinking feeling they experienced just over a decade ago. In 2008, the stock market plunged nearly 40 percent, accelerating the steep decline that was underway in U.S. house prices. The unfolding 2020 recession is…
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For baby boomers who thought they were on the path to retirement, the road is shifting beneath their feet. Danielle Harrison, a financial planner in Columbia, Missouri, sees a raft of problems stemming from the COVID-19-induced economic slowdown. Many older workers getting close to retirement age are taking big hits to nest eggs that wer…