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Half of U.S. Full-Time Employees Plan to Defer Retirement Due to Financial Reasons

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MetLife recently released their 2019 U.S. The study is based on a survey of 2,675 adult Americans with a full-time job at companies with at least two employees. It shows that 52% of the full-time employees surveyed said they plan to postpone their retirement due to their financial situation. Employee Benefits study.

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These Top 10 Celebrity Franchise Owners Are Winning Outside the Limelight, Too

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Drew Brees The former NFL quarterback scored a touchdown in retirement with his investment in multiple franchises. With a reported net worth of about $160 million, the retired New Orleans Saints star invested in the fitness-focused Stretch Zone, the healthy-foods-focused Everbowl, Dunkin’, Happy’s Irish Pub and Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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of employer businesses in 2019—a growth of 16.7% million workers in 2019 and grew their workforce by 28%… between 2012 and 2019.” The 2019 “ State of Women-Owned Businesses Report ” from American Express finds women-owned businesses “now represent 42% of all businesses—nearly 13 million—employing 9.4 trillion.”

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Joining the Family Business—Without the Drama of HBO’s ‘Succession’

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But favorable business outcomes and the happiness of familial employees isn’t predicated on power plays and same-day yacht weddings or collapses on company jets. Following Greg’s passing in July 2019, Ben became the next generation to sit at Pratt & Tobin’s helm. Welcome back to the multigenerational workplace model.

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4 Smart Money Moves to Plan for Financial Security

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A survey by Insider and Morning Consult from 2019 showed that millennials were more likely to put off buying houses, making career moves, undergoing medical procedures and even getting hitched—all because of cash-related reasons. Start a retirement plan. You’re young, and retirement probably feels light-years away.

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During a Recession, Entrepreneurs Are in the Driver’s Seat

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You determine where you are in life, not the government or the stock market or the boss of a company you don’t own. A 2019 report from the U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy found that “the median net worth of self-employed families at $380,000 in 2019 was over four times that of families of workers ($90,000).”.

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How to Find Your Money ‘Why’

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Too often, companies make us feel like we have to choose everything at once, but choosing to spend in one area now needn’t mean we can never spend another way. Or, if that’s too much, imagine the speech a colleague might give upon your retirement. This article was published in November 2019 and has been updated.