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One potential reason why some elderly run down their assets slowly is uncertainty over their life spans, suggests an analysis by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).
Nearly half (46%) of pre-retirees and more than one-quarter (28%) of retirees who use financial advisers surveyed reported that neither they nor their adviser have developed a formal...