Financial Wellness Show - Improve The Health And Wealth Of Your Money

Last year, a survey from the non-profit Employee Benefit Research Institute showed 60 percent of working-age survey respondents reported having less than $25,000 saved. The numbers are similar among retirees surveyed: 58 percent have less than $25,000 on hand, and 29 percent have less than $1,000 saved. The topic of saving for retirement certainly isn’t a new one - I remember hearing about it back when I was 20 years old - and that was more than a quarter century ago (I’ll let you do the math on my age). So I have to ask: What is the cause of so many retirement accounts being so low? The stock market Inflation Financial Education in schools I would say it's a little of all of the above, but for the most part the responsibility of financial education falls on the shoulders of us - the individual. I have to thank you for taking it upon yourselves to dial in to our show and listen to the stories of success, failure, and just plain wisdom that comes from life experiences. I’d like you to meet Coach Jim. He is a