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The longer a husband delays his Social Security retirement benefits, the larger the check his wife will get when he dies. And odds are that he’ll die first, so that decision to delay will leave her with more income every month into her 80s or even 90s. This fairly common marriage arrangement – a husband…
The consensus in the research is that women’s financial literacy is lower than men’s. Maybe women aren’t as interested in the markets, and many are too busy juggling a job with taking care of the children to find time for financial matters anyway. Women’s general aversion to finance may also be akin to their lack…
