My wife has only $80,000 saved for retirement. I have $2.2 million. Am I wrong to be shocked?
THE SO WHAT
The gap between individual and household financial planning is where most retirement shocks live. For fintech and advisory products, treating each partner as a separate balance sheet is no longer enough—joint visibility and expectation-setting are the real retention levers.
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