Talking Points
Tired of giving the same old presentations? Use these nuggets of information to spruce them up.
Reported by PLANADVISER Staff
- Nearly two-thirds of surveyed women believe that paying for their kids’ college education will significantly affect their ability to save for their retirement, according to an OppenheimerFunds poll of parents of pre-college-age children.
- Some 47% of Gen Y employees with an employer-sponsored retirement savings program said, in a recent poll, retirement savings has to take a back seat to funding everyday costs such as mortgages and credit card debt. According to a Fidelity news release about the survey, overall, 35% of Gen Y job changers with funds in a plan reported cashing out of their 401(k) or 403(b) during their most recent “employment transition” (see “Gen Y Says Current Bills More Important than Retirement”).
- According to a report in the U.K.’s Daily Mail, doing puzzles and quizzes burns an average of 90 calories every hour.
- Despite the strong focus on funding current expenses, 57% of job changer respondents to a Fidelity poll still believe that employer-based savings plans are the best way to build a retirement nest egg. In fact, 18% now consider saving for retirement to be their “most crucial goal,” versus 13% in 2008.
- If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking. —George S. Patton
- A Phoenix, Arizona, company now is marketing an office desk that can be attached to an exercise treadmill, which it says will allow workers to continue their professional chores while staying fit. A news release from TrekDesk said the product is a full-size, height-adjustable work station. TrekDesk allows employees to meet the Surgeon General’s recommendation to walk five miles per day in as little as two and a half to three hours while they work.