title: Retirement planning and long-term risk.
abstract: Many defined contribution plan participants have available to them various measures of short-term risk. However, some of these participants don't understand that reducing short-term risk comes at the cost of increasing the risk of not reaching their retirement income goal. This article looks at the relationship between short- and long-term risk and their impact on retirement savings.
authors: W Y
authors: WY
authors: Hu
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Scott
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007449:Investments / Q000191:economics*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D012179:Retirement / Q000191:economics*; D012306:Risk; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D014481:United States