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Singles, Divorced, Women and
Retirement Planning
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Singles and Women today are especially
vulnerable to the exposures of long term care and secure income for retirement
years. The reasons are obvious from the statistics in the chart below.
Certainly the sooner you start planning, the better even in mature years.
There are retirement planning strategies that are conservative and safer,
and others that are risky and more aggressive.
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It is not usually recommended
that anyone over 60 invest aggressively with risky funds.
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Shop for life insurance products that
also provide long term care coverage. There are many ways to make your
money work better for you when it comes to insurance dollars.
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Women
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Men
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Earnings History
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$.59
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$1.00
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Earnings Now
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$.72
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$1.00
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S.S. Benefits
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$.63
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$1.00
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Savings
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1.5%
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3.1%
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Retirement Plans
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13%
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33%
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Retirement Benefits
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$3,900 Yr.
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$7,500 Yr.
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Life Span
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10 to 15 Years Longer
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Net worth of Seniors 51-61 Surveyed
according to USA Today 2/19/96
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If a family member of any of these
groups had 1 person go to a nursing home at the cost of $45,000 a year
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they could be wiped out in:
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Whites
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$263,000
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5.8 years
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Hispanic
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$ 79,658
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1.7 years
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Blacks
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$71,587
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1.59 years
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