Single Women and Money - by Margaret Price & Jill Gianola (Hardcover)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

Single Women & Money addresses the financial concerns of all single women. With fresh solutions, the book tackles single women's deepest money fears. Readers, including widows, divorcees, and those who never married, get the tools needed to make their money last.

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As a financial planner who primarily helps women going through life's transitions, I found Single Women and Money by Margaret Price and Jill Gianola informative. This book would be beneficial to financial planners, women of all ages, and, frankly, anyone! It's thorough, providing suggestions and solutions for women who have never married, but also for divorcees and widows. Nicely laid out, the book takes readers on an educational journey by explaining issues that need to be addressed to get women's financial houses in order.

Finally, a book that addresses single women's financial challenges: among them, how to manage on one income, how to spend wisely at any age, how to invest confidently, and how to withdraw savings in retirement without going broke.

I found the book well-written and comprehensive. It will help single women understand and overcome the disadvantages they face.

I liked finding resources inside the book for us to call when we need help...If you haven't had the opportunity to read this new book[, ] I hope you do... [E]ven men can benefit from the advice given inside this book.

Single women face enormous financial problems. This canny guide to personal finance, geared toward a large (66 million) share of the U.S. population, spells out smart strategies to surmount the obstacles. How to handle retirement planning, debt, taxes, single motherhood, landing a job after age 55--all these vital questions get answered, and well, by the intrepid team of Margaret Price and Jill Gianola.

Single Women and Money delivers clear, concise, hands-on information. It's the breakthrough guide to financial security that America's millions of single women can use.

Single Women and Money is the highly engaging, must-read for women who are divorced, widowed, or who have never married. It's also a wake-up call to policy makers about the needs of women surviving on one income.

Whether widowed, divorced, or never partnered, single women all too often face greater financial challenges than do single men and married couples. This book contains sound advice and valuable resources for women of all ages seeking financial security and peace of mind on their own.

About the Author

Jill Gianola, a published author, teacher, speaker, and nationally known financial planner, has seen first-hand how women who are equipped with the know-how to make smart financial choices have changed their lives. Founder of Gianola Financial Planning, Gianola's work has been recognized by such publications as Mutual Funds magazine, which named her one of the top 100 planners in the US, and Money magazine, which featured her advice in "Secrets of America's Top Advisors." Gianola is the author of The Young Couple's Guide to Growing Rich Together. Gianola also wrote a regular column as the family finances expert for iVillage, a woman-focused website, and was the author of the "Your Money Questions Answered" column for AllYou. In addition to her work with her own clients, Gianola reaches a broader audience through the national financial press. She has been quoted regularly, including in theNew York Times, Wall Street Journal, Kiplinger's, and Barron's, and she has appeared on personal finance segments on CNBC and CNN-fn. Gianola has taught personal finance courses at Ohio State University, Franklin University, and Columbus State Community College, and economics at Wittenberg University.

Margaret Price is an editor, author, and award-winning journalist. She has been an editor at Bloomberg Wealth Manager magazine, international editor at Crain Communications' Pensions & Investments magazine and senior editor at Treasury & Risk Management magazine. She also has written for such prominent publications as Investor'[s Business Daily, New York Daily News, Newsday newspaper and the Christian Science Monitor. Price is a member and past president of the New York Financial Writers' Association. She also is the author of the book, Emerging Stock Markets, A Complete Investment Guide to New Markets Around the World. Active in her community, she is co-chair of the Women & Families Committee of Community Board 8-Manhattan. She also is a 2021 recipient of a New York State Woman of Distinction award, presented by State Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright.