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AI is reshaping financial advising, but should it replace human expertise in retirement and investment planning?

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Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Hans Daniel Jasperson has over a decade of experience in public policy research, with an ...

While most of Generation X isn’t in retirement yet, its members are on their way and will comprise the next biggest waves to do so after baby boomers. Gen Xers are known for being a scrappy, can-do ...

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Ted Benna, widely hailed as the father of the 401(k), has a big regret. His retirement plan has been good for high earners, ...