On March 31, I was in New York City as a member of a panel speaking with a group of financial advisors on the issue of retirement income. Being back in the city brought back a lot of great memories, and it was fantastic to walk around my old neighborhood with my wife and our two young children.
I’ve been working on various aspects of retirement issues for more than 15 years now, both at Vanguard and before that in NYC, and I’m still amazed at how badly people want to think that there’s a “product” answer to retirement. I guess the grand vision is that people will get to retirement, drop everything, and put all their money into a perfect solution.