By Sandra Block
From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
Follow a local newspaper long enough and you’ll probably come upon a story about a 100-year-old resident who still bowls, goes square dancing twice a week and occasionally enjoys a shot of tequila. About 97,000 Americans are centenarians—100 or older—and a handful of those are supercentenarians—individuals who have celebrated their 110th birthday.
Maybe you’re convinced that you won’t live that long after seeing reports that average U.S. life expectancy has declined to about 76, the lowest since 1996. But those numbers were skewed by the COVID-19 epidemic and don’t reflect the likelihood that you’ll live much longer than that, says Barbara Selig, senior wealth management adviser at TIAA….