A person in retirement may look well prepared to leave the workforce, yet much of that wealth can be locked in assets that are not as easy to use as cash or money held in a brokerage account.
Suze Orman, host of the “Women & Money” podcast, said in a 2023 episode that counting all of a home’s equity as part of net worth can make a household’s finances appear stronger than they truly are.
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