Women invest 40 percent less money than men do, according to a recent Wealthsimple survey. And it’s not just because we don’t have access to the funds (hello, pay gap) to invest: In another report, people were asked what they’d do with an extra $1,000. Women who responded were 35 percent less likely to invest…
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The anecdote has reached mythic proportions: Before Chrissy Metz, 38, made it in television, she lived with six women in a cramped two-bedroom apartment. She had to borrow gas money to get to auditions and lived on a steady diet of dollar-store ramen noodles, all while racking up massive debt (nearly $12,000 worth.) When fate…
Read moreWe’re going to give it to you straight: “After about 10 years, married people have about four times as much wealth as single people,” says Jay Zagorsky, an economist at Ohio State University who’s studied marital wealth trends. “The best thing you can do to increase your wealth is to get mar- ried—and stay happily…
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