Joanne Cleaver has covered finance, careers, women’s issues, retirement planning an entrepreneurship for over 40 years for a wide array of national media outlets. She has authored seven nonfiction books, including three on small business growth and, most recently, one on career strategy, The Career Lattice (McGraw Professional, 2012).
Amid the healthy growth in jobs, more resources are becoming available to help employers recruit women and minorities.
Peer pressure is accomplishing what quota laws never could, anyway.
New research reveals sharp generational differences as women double down on their philanthropic priorities.
A California law requiring that publicly held companies have a minimum number of women on their boards was struck down on May 13.
The Ariel-Schwab Black Investor Survey quantifies a strong preference by Black investors to work with advisers who mirror their identities.
Many women advisers are uniquely equipped to catalyze clients' values into plans and actions, said speakers at the Women Adviser Summit.
Measures that would build on the SECURE Act's efforts to improve retirement security could run into trouble if consumer advocates zero in on annuity reform.
Doing a Roth conversion is one way to avoid a tax hit later, Slott said, and life insurance is another, often-overlooked tool.
New retirees must figure out how to convert their savings to retirement income, and the SECURE Act might mean opportunities for advisers willing to ramp up services to attract them.
Inflation will likely edge down to about 4% as supply chain problems are resolved, while the continued demand for labor will sustain consumer confidence, Crossmark's chief investment officer said.
