KEY POINTS Some 90% of women will be solely responsible for their finances at some point in their life. By 2020, women are expected to control $72 trillion, or 32% of all wealth globally, up from $51 trillion in 2015. The key to their success will be to find a...
By Julianne Pepitone It’s a scene familiar to many women who have visited a doctor’s office: You come seeking relief, detailing your symptoms and hoping for an explanation. Instead the provider acts skeptical or brushes off your concerns, and you return home not...
The announcement that Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie are divorcing after 25 years of marriage made worldwide headlines this week. That’s understandable. Bezos, 54, is the world’s richest man, with a personal fortune of $137 billion, according...
Divorce is costly in many ways. It’s time consuming, emotionally draining and can end up costing you big bucks. While working with new clients who are recently divorced, I often have to clean up some of the financial mess that resulted from poor decisions that were...
When people over the age of 50 get divorced, retirement accounts become a key asset, even more so sometimes than the house or alimony. Lawyers and feuding couples are bracing for big changes at the end of 2018 for how these assets get split up. A couple sit on a beach...
The closer you are to retirement, the more crucial it is to get it right. For older couples who decide to split up, divorce can look very different than it might have in their younger years. Children often are grown and out of the house, so child support and custody...
