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Retirement Plans: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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What it is

A Last Week Tonight segment on retirement plans, high fees and bad financial advice, with comedic sketches. It explains how fees eat into retirement savings and favors low-cost passive investing.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN links it in personal finance threads as an entertaining explanation of how fees erode retirement savings.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “You might like this”

    John Oliver segment on retirement plans and fees.

    whamlastxmas, 2016-07 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: How do you manage you money?”

  2. “John Oliver had a great bit on retirement plans [1] if you're interested in passive investing.”

    John Oliver on retirement plans and passive investing.

    alecst, 2021-10 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: How to start learning about investments?”

  3. “Watch this video from Last Week Tonight with John Oliver that explains the last concept very well”

    Explains how pension fund fees eat into retirement savings.

    giorgioz, 2022-01 · Recommendation · in “What I learned from a year of watching bad financial advice on TikTok”

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Topics: john oliver, 401k, investment fees, passive investing, personal finance

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