Feelings of insecurity often pop up when the subject of women’s retirement comes up. So why are women’s retirement planning and saving such hard things to do? The path to retirement preparedness is cluttered with many obstacles. These often arise from a need to provide...

Retirement planning for women is so different than how it works for men. Reason 3: Women are in and out of the workforce more than men. This is the final article in my series of three articles: #1 Covers women living longer than men,...

Financial planning for women is different than how it works for men. Reason 2: Women make less money than men! This is a series of three articles: #1 Covers women living longer than men, and #3 will cover women staying out of the workplace to...

Financial planning for women is different than how it works for men. Reason 1: Women live longer! This is a series of three articles: #2 will cover women making less money than men, and #3 will cover women staying out of the workplace to care...

As a financial advisor to an 86-year-old mother, whom I helped deal with her older sister’s affairs in 2015, I’m acutely aware of the women’s retirement crisis. I remember listening to Sallie Krawcheck on Morning Joe, in April of that year.  Sally highlighted that the...