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Financial Literacy Month: Five Resources to Jumpstart Your Retirement Planning
April is Financial Literacy Month and a reminder to examine your personal finance habits. A key element of financial literacy is how well-prepared you are for retirement. Unfortunately, few Americans are looking forward their post-working years. Our 2017 survey found...
Annuities: Why You Need To Know How They Work
You need to know how they work, because many financial planners recommend them to their clients for retirement planning purposes. In fact, one study shows that almost 90 % of planners recommend them. Does that mean you need them? Well, you can decide if you do, and if...
Two Tax Questions to Ask Yourself About Retirement Planning
Tax Day is just around the corner, and now is a good time to review your financial habits and goals, particularly as they relate to retirement planning. This reflection is also timely because retirement preparation can have significant tax implications—ranging from...
Pre-Retirement Checklist: Tips for How to Prepare for Retirement
Get tips on what to do if you're 10, 5 or 1 year out from retirement. What is your current retirement outlook? If you’re 10 years or less from retirement, does getting everything in order seem like too much to process? Do you know where to even start? According to a...
Why It’s Different for Women in Retirement: Three Retirement Saving Factors
While a women-led revolution plays out in the American workplace, the retirement landscape is still evolving. In the second half of the 20th Century, women’s participation in the workforce rose from 29.6 percent to 46.5 percent.1Among those age 25 to 34, during that...
NCPW: How planning for retirement can be empowering, not frightening
March celebrates National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW), a time to help people understand their consumer rights and make well-informed decisions about money and saving for their retirement. No matter your age, some of the most important financial decisions relate to...
Women’s History Month and the State of Retirement Preparedness for Women
Women’s History Month is a time to look back at the vital role women have played throughout history. In every industry, women are natural leaders and change makers – from Congress to financial services. In addition to driving change around women’s rights, many women...
How the New Political Landscape Impacts Retirement
Last year, our study on the state of America’s workforce showed that over one-third of workers from small businesses say that their employer is “not helpful at all” in terms of retirement planning and that one in eight workers are not offered any type of retirement...
The Difference Between Annuities And Life Insurance
Both annuities and life insurance should be considered in your long-term financial plan. While both include death benefits, you buy life insurance in the event you die too soon and an annuity in case you live too long. In other words, life insurance provides economic...
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