Half of America's Dying Broke

I recently came across an article on The Wall Street Journal's MarketWatch website that made me do a double-capture. The article - "Half of Americans Die With Nearly No Money" by Andrea Coombes - cites a National Bureau of Economic Research report that finds that nearly 50% of US retirees die with less than $10,000 in cash savings. The report first talks about cash savings and later about net worth. More information: click

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