Younger women are on better footing for financial success — but still face threats.
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Women under 35 may be savvier on financial issues than their male counterparts, but there are still significant headwinds facing women that need to be overcome to ensure security in retirement.
Female investors under the age of 55 are 4.5-times as likely as older women to consider themselves very knowledgeable about financial topics, according to recent research by Merrill Lynch. What’s even more promising is the youngest group of women investors surveyed—those under 35—scored better than their male counterparts on financial-literacy…
