Funding Quote by Ron Chernow

A lot of the money in the stock market is really our national retirement plan, for better or worse.

— Ron Chernow

I'm dubious about having Social Security put into the stock market. I think that we have gotten very far away from the idea that…

— Ron Chernow

Insurance, pension reforms are going to be extremely important for the stock market because the kind of money we'll get from that is unbelievable.

— Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

It seems to me - particularly for these retirement-plan investors, the vast majority of whom are not particularly financially sophisticated - by far the…

— John C. Bogle

The retirement age needs to be raised. A portion of Social Security ought to be privatized, if not all. And there probably needs to…

— Gary Johnson

I was a stock broker once. I think there is an absolute place for market investments. But they should never be the basis of…

— Barbara Boxer

A decade ago, I really did believe that the average investor could do it himself. I was wrong. I've come to the sad conclusion…

— William J. Bernstein

People just haven't saved enough for retirement. And they're going to outlive their money.

— Sallie Krawcheck

We need to reorganize our entire system of retirement plan investing and to develop federal standards of fiduciary duty for pension trustees and fund…

— John C. Bogle

I agree that we must expand opportunities for retirement saving, but we must not undermine this worthy effort with a flawed privatization scheme that…

— Mary Landrieu

Life is full of uncertainties. Future investment earnings and interest and inflation rates are not known to anybody. However, I can guarantee you one…

— Noel Whittaker

If you were to just design the perfect retirement plan, you would own the stock market or you would own the bond market. You…

— John C. Bogle