Data and Research | September 9th, 2015 Optimism and Pessimism Both Drive American Savers Americans on the whole are pretty fickle when it comes to money issues and retirement planning, showing equal parts optimism...
Data and Research | September 3rd, 2015 Half of American Workers Lack a Plan for Retirement And 40% say they feel they are ill prepared for retirement because of inadequate savings.
Data and Research | September 1st, 2015 Majority of Workers Will Be Unable to Retire at 65 Six in 10 workers are not on track to meet their needs in retirement at age 65, according to a...
Participants | August 27th, 2015 Retirement Planning Takes a Life Vision There is more to retirement planning than making financial calculations—more to living in retirement than securing an income stream.
Data and Research | August 26th, 2015 Retirement Readiness Still Dogs Employers Nearly four in ten employers surveyed say fewer than half their workers are financially equipped to meet retirement head-on.
Data and Research | August 18th, 2015 Plan Participant Savings Growth Stalls Only about one in five retirement savers have increased their contributions in the past year.
Data and Research | August 11th, 2015 Beliefs Range Widely on Social Security Stability Many workers in the U.S. lack confidence in Social Security, yet more than half have done nothing to address personal...
Data and Research | August 7th, 2015 Retirement Optimism Cited in Survey of African Americans However, many are not taking advantage of financial and investment tools, a Prudential study finds.
Participants | August 5th, 2015 Student Loans Setting Millennials Back The weight of student loan debt is preventing many from saving for retirement.
Data and Research | August 4th, 2015 College Costs Rival Retirement as Savings Goal As one-third of parents are still shouldering student debt, they are highly motivated to help their children pay for school...
Data and Research | August 4th, 2015 Supporting Family Remains a Retirement Challenge Americans who support an aging parent or an adult child give an average of $12,000 a year to their family...
Data and Research | July 16th, 2015 Overspending Means Retirement Trouble Two in ten employees say spending too much is the biggest financial mistake they have made.
Data and Research | July 13th, 2015 Retiring at Age 65 May Be Going Extinct Only 12% of those not retired expect to ever completely retire.
Data and Research | July 8th, 2015 Gen X Too Comfortable With Credit Card Debt Both Boomers and Gen X use credit cards liberally, but Gen X is carrying substantially higher balances.
Data and Research | June 29th, 2015 Americans’ Optimism Doesn’t Match Retirement Readiness While 81% of respondents to a survey feel optimistic about their financial futures, only one in five feel “very prepared”...
Participants | June 25th, 2015 Gen Y Concerned About Retirement Savings Safety They want safety from market volatility, and they don’t think Social Security will be there for them.
Participants | June 24th, 2015 Gen X Confident Retirement Savers On average, they started saving for retirement at age 26.
Participants | June 23rd, 2015 Personal Analysis Needed for Faculty Reluctant to Retire Unconfirmed assumptions often appear to underlie a reluctance to retire.
Data and Research | June 15th, 2015 Deflecting the Global Wave of Retirement Unreadiness What can the U.S. learn from other countries’ preparations?
Participants | June 11th, 2015 Behavioral Finance Q&A with Shachar Kariv – Part 2 In the second half of a conversation with PLANSPONSOR, U.C. Berkeley Economics Department Chair Shachar Kariv discusses the importance of...