Answer Key

Retirement – Comprehension Check

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  1. In cash-value policies, over time, the cash value  [grows slowly]
  2. Life insurance  [is generally unsuitable for most retired people]
  3. Mutual funds  [always reveal their fees and returns]
  4. Your premiums rise  [as the odds you will die increase each year]
  5. A breadwinner is  [the person supporting a family with his or her earnings]
  6. A life insurance policy purchased when you are older, [is almost sure to cost more than will be paid out]
  7. Offseting rising costs means  [compensating for the costs]
  8. As you age, the costs of coverage  [rise dramatically]
  9. “Cash value“ insurance  [is used as a trick to sell life insurance to older people]
  10. A windfall is  [an unexpected piece of good fortune]