Those contemplating retirement may envision a recliner or deck chair. A three-legged stool, though, is the preferred seat for retirement metaphors. The image of retirement finance as a three ...

skynesher / Getty Images The “three-legged stool” is an old term that financial planners once used to describe what were the three most common sources of retirement income: Social Security ...

The “three-legged stool” is a phrase that many financial advisers have used to describe the three most common sources of retirement income: Social Security, Employee Pensions and Personal Savings.

Once, the tale goes, American workers relied upon a three-legged stool for their retirement income: 1) Social Security, 2) pensions, and 3) personal savings. That metaphor was always rickety ...

The “three-legged stool” is an old term that financial planners once used to describe what were the three most common sources of retirement income: Social Security, employee pensions ...