Only 34% of Americans Feel On Track for Retirement. Here Are 3 Stocks to Buy Now and Hold for Decades.

Most Americans are at least trying to save something for retirement. Two-thirds report having at least one retirement savings account like a 401(k) or Roth IRA, in fact.The amounts of money in most of these accounts, however, isn't exactly encouraging. The Motley Fool's own research indicates that, as of 2022, the median (or midpoint) retirement savings for U.S. households is a modest $87,000. The average amount of $333,945 is more encouraging, but that's still not enough to fund the comfortable retirement most of us are likely envisioning for ourselves. It's also a number skewed sharply higher by a small handful of enormous IRAs. The vast majority of people have far, far less saved up.And that's why most Americans don't feel they're saving enough, with little hope for catching up in the meantime. As the Motley Fool's in-house research arm also found, only 34% of the nation's savers actually feel like they're on track in terms of retirement savings. The other 66% don't.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool