3 ways women can combat the retirement gap, starting today

The goal of a successful retirement is to ensure that you have sufficient funds to maintain your lifestyle and even enjoy your retirement years. Saving for this goal should start early and be consistent, but that can be difficult for women for many reasons: the gender pay gap, time out of the workforce, being caregivers, and even shouldering the cost of college expenses for their kids. 

A major reason why saving is particularly important is because women typically outlive their spouses and studies show that women are 80% more likely than men to live in poverty during retirement […]

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