Viewpoints about Financial stress
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Blueprint for paying down your debt
If managing your debt feels overwhelming at times, you’re not alone—87% of people with major debt say managing their finances is a cause of stress. But there are steps you can take to improve your situation before turning to a formal debt relief program for help.
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Advisors can help reduce financial stress amid uncertainty
The pandemic has brought more than its share of financial uncertainty. Our recent study of stress, finances, and well-being shows an increase in people turning to financial advisors for help and how doing so can help improve their overall finances and help them mitigate financial stress.
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Another rising cost for employers: financial stress
Workers are stressed about a lot of things, including their finances. We’ve identified the cost of that stress and how you can help your workers manage it and improve their financial well-being.
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Workers want help making these financial decisions
Decision-making fatigue—just another unexpected side effect of the pandemic. With so much uncertainty, it’s no wonder that 82% of our retirement plan participants say they’d like to be more confident making financial decisions. And they’ve told us the types of help they need.
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Three strategies for managing your debt
Most people have debt of some kind—a mortgage, student loan, or credit card balance. Learning the difference between good and bad debt and how you can manage them can help you reduce your stress and improve your credit score.
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Not what we expected—a chance to help reduce financial stress
As we start the new year, I can’t help but think that 2021 wasn’t what we expected—and I have to wonder what 2022 has in store for us. We recently took a look at stress, finances, and well-being in our eighth annual survey, and it seems that our retirement plan participants are feeling the same way: The pandemic has had a complicated effect on American workers and their finances. But one finding is loud and clear—people want help making financial decisions, and they want help from their employers, financial professionals, and their retirement plan providers.
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How financial professionals can help reduce financial stress
Our annual financial stress survey shows that retirement plan participants who work with a financial professional are less burdened by financial worries and more likely to have a plan for retirement. When you take steps to alleviate your employees’ financial stress, you’re not only helping them make progress toward better financial health, you’re also boosting your business’s bottom line.
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Six ways to help reduce financial stress
Economic conditions change, but the basics of financial health do not. Use these strategies with your retirement plan participants to help them reduce their financial stress while they save for retirement.
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Lowering the cost of financial stress to employers and its impact on workers
For seven years, we’ve surveyed our participants to learn about their financial stressors. During the pandemic, they're looking for help finding their resiliency, both financial and emotional, so that when normal returns, they’re ready to move forward.
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Financial stress during the pandemic—yes, it’s gone up
For seven years, we’ve tracked the financial stress of our retirement plan participants, recognizing the impact that overall finances have on retirement savings. The COVID-19 pandemic is now changing our lives and stressing personal finances in ways we haven’t seen before.
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