Tag: retirement savings
Even when accounting for IRA assets, retirement savings are typically still modest. Vanguard recently released its 2019 edition of how “How America Saves.” This excellent publication summarizes the statistics for the defined contribution plans that the company administers. Vanguard tends to administer larger plans, so the plans are better designed than average and participants hav…
The brief’s key findings are: Women are spending a growing share of their lives single, so it is useful to consider how their marital history affects their retirement preparedness. While married women have much higher household earnings and wealth, they are more at risk of failing to maintain their standard of living in retirement. This…
