Tag: single women

Lower half of a bride and groom holding hands

Despite having more income and assets, two-earner couples benefit less from Social Security and save too little in 401(k)s. Women today will spend about half of their adult years on their own.  They are more likely not to marry; when they do marry, they do it later; and they are more likely to divorce.  Therefore,…

Images of growing stacking coins and Hand putting coin into glas

If the difference in men and women’s pay is a gap, then the wealth difference can only be described as a chasm. Women earn 80 cents for each dollar a man earns. But a woman has 32 cents of net worth to a man’s dollar. One byproduct of the #MeToo movement is the fresh light…