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September 9, 2021

Don’t Delay, Start Saving TODAY!

Maybe you missed the boat in starting to save for retirement earlier in life. If so, you are not alone. One in three Baby Boomers (33%), the generation closest to retirement age, only have between $0-$25,000 in retirement savings, while 21% of Americans have no retirement savings at all. The average American spends roughly 20 […]

WRITTEN BY: Dr. Roseanne E. Scammahorn, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, OSU Extension Darke County

REVIEWED BY: Melissa Rupp, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, OSU Extension Fulton County

Categories: Money
Tags: Budgeting, retirement, savings

August 23, 2017

Working in the “Retirement Years”

By 2020, one in four American workers will be over the age of 55 and as the Baby Boomer generation continues to age into their retirement years, not working is becoming more a developmental process than an abrupt event. A recent Pew Research Center analysis of federal employment data reported that in May of 2000, […]

REVIEWED BY: Amanda Woods, Healthy Finances Program Specialist

Categories: Money
Tags: Career, retirement, working

May 10, 2017

Are You the Family Bank?

Have you always been seen as the “responsible one” in your family? Did you save and invest responsibility through your 30s, 40s, and 50s, and now your grown children and other relatives are coming to you for money?  A study by Merrill Lynch in partnership with Age Wave(PDF)Links to a PDF document. reveals that three […]

SOURCES:

  • https://mlaem.fs.ml.com/content/dam/ML/Articles/pdf/family-and-retirement-elephant-in-the-room.pdf
  • http://crr.bc.edu/special-projects/national-retirement-risk-index/
  • http://crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IB_17-4.pdf

Categories: Money
Tags: financial risk, Giving, money, retirement

July 13, 2016

Gain Confidence in Your Financial Future

Saving for retirement is an important step for us all to take toward financial stability in old age, and yet many Americans are not doing enough to prepare.  According to a 2016 Retirement Confidence Survey conducted by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), only 21% of employees poled said they were very comfortable with the amount […]

WRITTEN BY: Amanda Woods, M.Ed. Healthy Finances Program Specialist, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension

REVIEWED BY: Lauren Jones, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Human Sciences. Melanie S. Hart, M.S. Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension & Shawna Hite, Healthy People Program Specialist, OSU Extension Family & Consumer Sciences

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • pixabay.com

SOURCES:

  • America Saves - AmericaSaves.org
  • Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), 2016, https://www.ebri.org/pdf/pr1157.rcs-16.22mar16.pdf

Categories: Money
Tags: retirement, saving

June 14, 2016

Prepare for Retirement With myRA

Many Americans would like to save for retirement, but haven’t found an easy way to get started. According to a 2015 Federal Reserve Report, 31% of non-retired people said they have no retirement savings or pension whatsoever. The government backed myRA is a new type of savings account designed for low and middle-income earners, as […]

WRITTEN BY: Nancy Stehulak, M.Ed, Extension Educator, Henry County, Ohio

REVIEWED BY: Amanda Woods, M.Ed, Healthy Finance Program Specialist

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • pixabay.com

SOURCES:

  • myRA.gov

REFERENCES:

  • myRA.gov
  • http://www.federalreserve.gov/econresdata/2014-report-economic-well-being-us-households-201505.pdf

Categories: Money
Tags: government retirement account, myRA, personal finance, retirement

April 8, 2013

It’s National Retirement Planning Week!

Are you one of the countless adults who would rather get a dental filling than think about your retirement plan?  This week is National Retirement Planning Week. It was created to help people focus on making choices to create a stable financial future for themselves. If you aren’t sure if you’ll ever be able to […]

Categories: Money
Tags: retirement, saving

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