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Retirement's toughest money move may be spending your savings
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- Fewer than 1 in 3 retirees are comfortable drawing funds from their savings, and 7 in 10 say it s very important that their nest egg doesn t shrink in retirement, according to a new report from Corebridge Financial.
- That sounds strange considering it s the reason that we ve saved for so many years.
- More than a third (38%) of retirees admit they ve held back from spending just to protect their savings stash, per the data.
Personal Finance / Investing Retirement's toughest money move may be spending your savings Kerry Hannon · Senior Columnist Sat, June 13, 2026 at 8:30 PM GMT+7 3 min read No one wants to see their retirement savings account balances sink — even when they re retired.
Fewer than 1 in 3 retirees are comfortable drawing funds from their savings, and 7 in 10 say it s very important that their nest egg doesn t shrink in retirement, according to a new report from Corebridge Financial.
That sounds strange considering it s the reason that we ve saved for so many years.
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