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1.
Social Security benefits are based on a number of things. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
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Your financial need. Financial need does not determine the benefits you get from Social Security. Your earnings and amount of time worked determine your benefits.
2.
Investment risk is _______.
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The risk that your investments will not perform as well as expected. The other two choices are pitfalls to avoid, but they do not define investment risk.
3.
Many retirement plans are tax-deferred. What does tax-deferred mean?
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The earnings that build up in them are not taxed until you start making withdrawals. This enables your retirement plan to grow more every year.
4.
The government has done its part to help you save for retirement by _______.
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Allowing you to set up tax-deferred retirement accounts. Accounts such as 401(k) plans and individual retirement accounts (IRAs) grow tax-deferred.
5.
Long time horizons generally enable us to assume _______ short-term ones.
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More risk than. Time reduces risk.