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Half Of Workers Expect To Work Past 70 As Financial Strain Intensifies

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Retirement is moving farther out of reach for most workers as nearly half of employees report living paycheck-to-paycheck and the number of people who expect to work past 70 skyrockets. The 2024 Global Benefits Attitudes Survey , published by WTW, surveyed 10,000 U.S. workers say they struggle to meet basic living costs.

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The 7 Biggest Financial Mistakes to Avoid in Your 50s

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A 2019 study from the Center for Financial Services Innovation, funded by the AARP Foundation, indicated that just 17% of adults 50 and older in the low-to-moderate income range are “ financially healthy.” Guessing at your budget isn’t going to cut it when you approach retirement,” she says. “A A lot of people guess at their budget.

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4 Smart Money Moves to Plan for Financial Security

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A survey by Insider and Morning Consult from 2019 showed that millennials were more likely to put off buying houses, making career moves, undergoing medical procedures and even getting hitched—all because of cash-related reasons. So only adjust your emergency fund if your monthly expenses increase, you get a raise, or you gain dependents.

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The Great Risk Shift - and Economic Insecurity - Continues

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  Examples include corporations shifting more responsibility for retirement, career planning and healthcare to their employees and governments reducing social safety net programs. " Reinforcing this, the Federal Reserve just released their 2019 Survey of Household Economics and Decsionmaking study. 

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Travel Blogger Karen Akpan Shares How She Journeyed From Debt to Economic Freedom

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Then, in 2019, she lost her job. With an expensive California mortgage, car payments and student loans, the emergency fund she and her husband, Sylvester, had dutifully built quickly depleted. Now, Akpan makes it a point to ask people if they have a Roth individual retirement account. I could do it, too.’

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How to Find Your Money ‘Why’

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Or, if that’s too much, imagine the speech a colleague might give upon your retirement. When you are faced with decisions about spending, use these identities—bold painter, curious wanderer, community leader—to ask whether the expense is helping you move closer to the person you want to be. Choose your identity.

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Travel Blogger Karen Akpan Shares How She Journeyed From Debt to Economic Freedom

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Then, in 2019, she lost her job. With an expensive California mortgage, car payments and student loans, the emergency fund she and her husband, Sylvester, had dutifully built quickly depleted. Now, Akpan makes it a point to ask people if they have a Roth individual retirement account. I could do it, too.’

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