‘You need only watch episodes of Judge Judy’: I’m in my 70s. Why do people keep making the same avoidable financial mistakes?
“Consider some familiar examples of poor decisions: accumulating credit-card debt or failing to plan for retirement.”
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
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National Trade News capital-markets note (2026-10-26): ‘You need only watch episodes of Judge Judy’: I’m in my 70s. Why do people keep making the same avoidable financial mistakes? “Consider some familiar examples… Primary source: original at MarketWatch (marketwatch.com).
‘You need only watch episodes of Judge Judy’: I’m in my 70s. Why do people keep making the same avoidable financial mistakes?
“Consider some familiar examples of poor decisions: accumulating credit-card debt or failing to plan for retirement.”