Skip Navigation

The Decumulation Beat

The Abnormal Is the Norm

The Abnormal Is the Norm

by Kerry Pechter

Wed, Oct 14, 2009

Does anyone really coast smoothly into retirement? Not guys like my friend Mark, the brilliant engineer. He married at 40, was laid off at 55, and now, at 62, is scrambling to put two kids through elite private colleges. The abnormal is the new norm.