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HerMoney with Jean Chatzky

HerMoney with Jean Chatzky

Ep 550: Your Ten-Year Retirement Countdown Checklist

Oct 21, 2026 · 37m

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The ten years before retirement are your last, best chance to get it right. In this episode, Jean and Anne Lester, author of Your Best Financial Life, former head of Retirement Solutions for J.P. Morgan Asset Management, and a fellow with LIMRA’s Retirement Income Institute, break down what the ten years before retirement should really look like and everything you need to tackle to enter retirement with confidence. They cover: How to assess your retirement landscape without needing a “perfect” answer Social Security, including whether to wait to claim and what you gain by delaying How to take your retirement budget for a test drive before you retire Why the day you stop saving and start…