News from the retirement front hasn't been cheery for some time.

Study after study has depicted would-be retirees as financially ill-prepared to enjoy their golden years in leisure.

The market crash, the burst housing bubble, a lack of savings coupled with an inability to save for retirement, and the disappearance of defined benefit plans, largely replaced by defined contribution plans, have all been cited as factors in the "retirement crisis."

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