Personal finance planning too hard
‘Almost half of U.S. consumers say retirement planning is harder than raising a child, a survey found.
The ING Financial Planning and Investing Study, conducted by Roper GfK, surveyed 1,000 Americans and concluded that consumers want financial services firms to be easier to deal with.
Seventy percent said they would switch to a financial services firm with a reputation for making the financial planning process easier.’
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January 26th, 2006 at 10:26 am
I think that kind of demonstrates the lack of financial education in America. Retirement planning isn’t that difficult, people are just trained to look at numbers and think that they can’t understand them.
February 5th, 2006 at 9:05 am
No kidding! We simply have too many choices and much more uncertain times ahead.
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March 20th, 2006 at 1:13 pm
That is pretty scary. I know that in the US schools do a very poor job of teaching basic financial skills. Understanding retirement isn’t something that just comes naturally, you have to put some effort into it–although I don’t think it is as hard as raising a kid!