Tag: retirement

African american woman saves money in piggy bank with a confident expression on smart face thinking serious

The interactive chart above illustrates the increasing U.S. disparity over the past 50 years between how much wealth the rich own – shown on the right side of the chart – and everyone else on the left. The vast majority of Americans build wealth week by week, saving a little bit of their paychecks. Workers…

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Retirement is a joint project for married couples, but remarkably only 43 percent of couples plan for it together. Are wives to blame? Some husbands expressed frustration that their wives don’t engage in planning during a focus group conducted by Hearts & Wallets. One man reported that his wife “is not interested in investing,” and…