In the News • February 11, 2015
“Reaching your 50s or 60s with very little money set aside for retirement is unfortunate, but it’s not unusual. The average household headed by someone nearing retirement age has a median retirement account balance of only $14,500, according to the National Institute on Retirement Security. That includes the 45% of households in that age bracket with […]
In the News • February 10, 2015
“Depending on who you listen to, Barack Obama either wants to steal your pensionor make sure you have enough to retire on. Whatever the truth, the White House’s latest budget shows a lot of interest in retirement. What it fails to demonstrate is much in the way of new thinking. As the White House pointed out, the […]
In the News • February 8, 2015
“The statistics on the wealth gap between black, Hispanic, and white Americans are nothing short of shocking. A new report from the Urban Institute shows that this gap has widened dramatically over the last few decades. Today, white families have around 12 times the wealth of African-American families and 10 times the wealth of Hispanic families, by the institute’s […]