Why Women Have a Tougher Road to Retirement – And What We Can All Do About It
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The Motley Fool
4.4 • 823 Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2017
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Women often face headwinds that prevent them from earning, saving, and investing for retirement. We’ll identify the challenges and discuss ways we can all help the women we love have a fret-free retirement. We’ll also taste test some Oreos with MarketFoolery’s Chris Hill and Jason Moser. Thanks to Harry’s for supporting The Motley Fool. Get your Free Trial Set – go to Harrys.com/fool.
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| 0:29.3 | This is Motleyful Answers. I'm Alison Southwick, and I'm joined, as always, by Robert Brokamp, |
| 0:33.5 | personal finance expert here at the Motley Fool. Hello everyone out there in Podcast Land. |
| 0:38.3 | In today's episode, we're going to discuss some of the headwinds facing women on the road to retirement and what women and men can do to help. |
| 0:45.3 | We'll also answer your question about where to put your cash in retirement and see if Chris Hill and Jason Mozer really know their stuff when it comes to Oreos. |
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| 0:57.0 | It's time for answers. |
| 0:59.0 | And today's question comes from LA. |
| 1:02.0 | They just had their initials in the email. |
| 1:05.0 | LA writes, I am 62, so my retirement horizon is within the next 10 years. |
| 1:10.0 | In a recent podcast, Bro said that the closer you get to retirement, you should be pulling |
| 1:13.9 | part of your money out of the stock market. |
| 1:16.7 | What are some options for where to place the money? |
| 1:18.6 | Well, LA, that's a really tough question these days because the classic alternatives |
| 1:22.6 | to stocks are cash and bonds. |
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