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The episode critiques a Georgetown University report on retirement investment assumptions.

Welcome to the Skeptic’s Guide to Investment Management. In each episode, we examine one industry publication through a skeptical, logical, evidence-based lens, with the help of Tim McGlinn , ex-investment consultant, portfolio manager and professor of finance, and founder of the TheAltView. The episode examines a report by the Georgetown University Center for Retirement Initiatives, produced with Willis Towers Watson, that you can find here: https://cri.georgetown.edu/research/ Tim found a headline claim that investors could retire with 17% more, driven by 40 years of compounding, based on the assumption of access to above-average managers for all retirees. Link to Tim’s original article Georgetown & Willis Towers Watson More content like this on Substack and YouTube: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@investology_podcast Investorama on Substack TheAltView on Substack Find us on LinkedIn George: https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-aliferis/ Tim: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-mcglinn SGIM is an Investology podcast series, produced by Orama: https://orama.tv/ MUSIC CREDITS Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative…

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