Editor's note: This is part four of a four-part series exploring financial fact vs fiction. Each article examines five of the top 20 most common financial myths — from investments to retirement and Social Security to life insurance. Parts one, two and three — This Roth Conversion Myth Could Cost You, Why Your 'Magic Number' Isn't Actually Magical and Why Inflation Is Lower, But Prices Are Not — covered the first 15.
We've come to the fourth and final installment of our deep dive into the top 20 most common financial myths.
