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Do Women Face Greater
Retirement Challenges Than Men?
If so, how can they plan to meet those challenges?
A message from Belco Retirement & Investment Services
A new study has raised eyebrows about the retirement prospects of women.*U
comes from the National institute on Retirement Security, a non-profit, non-partisan
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Why are women so challenged to retire comfortably? You can cite a number of
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due to childrearing and caregiving needs, with a corresponding interruption in both
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eventually outliving retirement savings,
There is also the gender wage gap, narrowing, but still
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