every woman in australia needs to read this to avoid super poverty
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Every woman in Australia needs to read this to avoid SUPER POVERTY
The ANZ bank has underlined how women earn less than men and it not only hurts them each year to the tune of $295 a week, or $15,000 a year, it really crushes their future super positions.
The bank is giving free advice for women with less than $50,000 in super, which is a great marketing idea, but I’ll give all women some free advice right here, right now!
Here are some tips! First, women in their early 20s can
avoid a super problem really easily for only $40 a week for nine years.
If a young woman or a young man (as it works for both sexes), saved $2000 a year, or $40 a week, between the ages of 21 and 30 and they slammed it into super, that $18,000 would snowball into over half-a-million by the time of retirement.
And if the $2,000 contribution continues each year until retirement, then the nest egg grows to over a million dollars!
Divorce and crumby wages can crush a woman’s potential super and explains why, on average, women have $44,000 in their super funds compared to $82,000 for men.
The early contribution of $2,000 for nine years means that compound interest (or the snowball effect) works in your favors over time, turning $18,000 into over $500,000, which is a pretty good reason to save $40 a week for only nine years!
Second, women have to change their focus and have to create a plan to earn more, save more and invest more.
No one achieves better things in life without commitment, a change of attitude, some knowledge to give an advantage, and taking action.
Third, women need to remember that education is a great way to increase their chances of not having a super poverty issue in their latter years.
But even though 42% of women between 25 and 29 have a university degree compared to men at 31%, women still earn up to 36% less!
Fourth, make sure you read your super statements and see if you are being charged more than 1%.
If you are, switch to a well known, long-term successful industry fund such as Australian Super, Rest and others like these that have continued to do well with relatively low fees.
Finally, don’t be afraid to talk to people — experts and successful people.
When you have money, it can be wise to pay for good, trustworthy advice from an accountant or financial adviser but make sure they’re honest and don’t overcharge!
People who have disappointing life outcomes can be unlucky but all too often it is explained by this wise observation:
“People don’t plan to fail, they fail to plan.”
