Money and Life on the Way to Retirement
Let’s start with some facts regarding the earnings and retirement of women. Women earn 77% of what men earn according to census data [1] Women tend to work more part time jobs and take time off to care for children and elderly family members.[1] Women on average work 12 fewer years than men giving them [...]
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We’ve all heard the news about baby boomer retirement savings. In a recent poll, 24% revealed they had no savings outside of home ownership. I’m not in that boat, but there are a lot of reasons Mr. Boomer and I don’t have a larger amount. Parenting Raising kids increases expenses greatly. There’s the obvious expenses [...]
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I didn’t start blogging to make money or have a retirement stream of income. Not that I think it’s a bad idea; just never occurred to me. So I was surprised to see AARP suggest blogging as a “great part-time job” for retirees. I agree with them, but was trying to keep this gig my [...]
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It was in the news recently that one woman has been bullied for years by other residents in her retirement community. And they weren’t just mean girls (or more correctly, women). Men participated in the ostracizing at the Arizona community. Who knew that retirement could bring back flashes (or nightmares) from high school? Some think [...]
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It seems that personal finance bloggers like to poke fun at the giant financial mess called California. We have one of the highest unemployment rates (12.4%), our housing market collapsed and don’t forget the humongous state budget deficit of $26 billion. A lot of that deficit is caused by generous state employee pensions. Cities have the [...]
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