Pulling back the curtain on the Rebalancing Act

This is the 3nd in a series of three posts about Women & Retirement. Read the previous post. One of the biggest investment mistakes modern women make is neglecting to regularly rebalance their portfolio. If you’re not rebalancing, then the …

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Don’t procrastinate, allocate: Getting your assets in the right place.

This is the 2nd in a series of three posts about Women & Retirement. Read the first post. The investment pie’s baked—time to slice it up. OK, so you know how much to save for your retirement and you’ve begun …

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Get your retirement ducks in a row.

This is the first of three posts about women & retirement. Here’s an unsettling fact: Women are much less likely than men to have a financially secure retirement. Of course, there are many variables that impact women and retirement planning. …

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Guest Post 2 of 4: Demystifying Mutual Funds

Financial journalist Orla O’Sullivan is participating in Galia Gichon’s Simply Money workshops and blogging about her experiences on We, the Savers. The goal of the most recent Simply Money session was to make mutual funds not just understandable, but fun. …

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Guest Post 1 of 4: Journalist walks the financial talk.

Chefs never cook at home, they say. Likewise, you might not want to look closely at the personal finances of financial journalists, my media acquaintances suggest. I sit accused as one who knew what derivatives were before anyone had heard …

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Saver vs. Spender: another battle of the sexes?

We have some shocking news. Wait for it. OK, men and women are wired differently. Aside from the obvious differences, men and women save and spend differently, too. In a recent survey, we found that women are 25% more likely …

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