“What Today’s Woman Needs to Know & Do: the New Retirement Journey,” Free Guide on Retirement Planning Available from t...
March 29 2011 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
To help today’s women better prepare for the challenges related
to retirement planning, the MetLife Mature Market Institute, in
conjunction with WISER (Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement),
is offering a comprehensive free publication called “What Today’s
Woman Needs to Know and Do: The New Retirement Journey.” The
publication is available at www.MatureMarketInstitute.com.
“What Today’s Woman Needs to Know and Do” addresses specific
challenges women face and can help with financial planning
questions. The booklet contains a Retirement Savings and Planning
Checklist for each decade with guidelines for women from their 20s
to their 70s. It also has a glossary that defines terms like
annuity, asset allocation, IRA, reverse mortgage and time horizon
and includes a number of resources women can look to for further
retirement investigation and planning.
There are many challenges facing women today, and financial
planning is a big one. A recent White House report indicated that
women continue to earn less than men, and data from the MetLife
Mature Market Institute study, “Finances and Females Executives,”
reported that 62% of career women fear they may never have enough
money to retire.
“While women today have more economic opportunity than ever
before, they also have a great deal more financial responsibility,”
said Sandra Timmermann, Ed.D., director of the MetLife Mature
Market Institute. “Compared to previous generations of women who
likely had a pension (either theirs or their husband’s) and a deed
to their mortgage-free home, many of today’s women are less
prepared. They may now have a 401(k), 403(b) and/or IRA savings, a
Social Security benefit and Medicare benefits, but they may not
have pensions and private health care coverage. Many are likely to
have a mortgage or other debt. New approaches are, therefore,
required.”
The publication addresses topics like considering a new job,
taking time out for family, deciding when to retire, how to decide
when to take Social Security benefits and the value of staying in
the workforce. It also has a section on learning the investment
basics, which covers:
- How Much You Will Need
- How Long Between Now and Your
Retirement
- Risk and Return: The Yin and Yang of
Investing
- How Not to Run Out of Money
- Ways to Tap Home Equity
- Protecting Your Assets: Disability
Insurance, Long-Term Care Insurance, Life Insurance, Health
Insurance
“Given the increasing financial responsibility that most of
today’s women have on their shoulders, it’s difficult to have
everything in place at once,” said Cindy Hounsell, J.D., president
of WISER. “Ideally, women should begin planning ahead and taking
steps we convey in this publication, if they haven’t already. A
good start is developing good financial habits as early as
possible, and establishing the framework to accumulate and protect
income for emergencies and retirement.”
“What Today’s Woman Needs to Know and Do: The New Retirement
Journey” and two other publications, “The MetLife Study of Finances
and Female Executives,” and planning tips, “Memo to Professional
Women: Own Your Retirement Security,” may be downloaded from
www.MatureMarketInstitute.com. They can also be ordered through
Contact Us on the MetLife Mature Market Institute Web site, or by
writing to: MetLife Mature Market Institute, 57 Greens Farms Road,
Westport, CT 06880.
WISER
The Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement works to provide
women at all income levels (aged 18 to 70) with basic financial
information aimed at helping them take financial control over their
lives and to increase awareness of the structural barriers that
prevent women’s adequate participation in the nation’s retirement
systems. www.wiserwomen.org
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