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The Retirement Reset Study is a joint effort by the Sun Financial Group and Age Wave. Their key study finding is we are entering a new phase of retirement they call Retirement 3.0, " A big part of this new retirement is the inclusion of work. Their survey showed 65% Americans aged 55+ plan on working in retirement. MORE
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