Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 21:19:07 -0500
From: joetaxpayer 
Subject: Re: Retirement needs (again)
Newsgroups: misc.invest.financial-plan
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The Wall Street Journal story I referenced in this thread pulled its 
data from a Fidelity study dated 2007, it can be downloaded at;

http://www.fidelityresearchinstitute.com/pdf/2007_retirement_index.pdf

While I don't ever expect to find complete agreement on any topic, I 
find myself more curious on how one begins to advise a client on this 
topic when the range of replacement income needed is so wide. It's one 
thing to deal with the other variables, time till retirement, rate of 
return, etc. These conflicting articles suggest that even the end goal 
is an unknown.

JOE