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Research Projects Women Small Business Owners Will Create 5+ Million New Jobs By 2018, Transforming Workplace for Millions of Americans

NEW YORK, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ Women small business owners will create 5 to 5.5 million new jobs across the U.S. by 2018, transforming the workplace of tomorrow into a far more inclusive, horizontally managed environment, according to The Guardian Life Small Business Research Institute.Based on the Institute's projection, women-owned small businesses will generate more than half of the 9.72 million new small business jobs expected to be created, and roughly one-third of the 15.3 million total new jobs anticipated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics by 2018. This projection is striking, given that women-owned businesses currently account for just 16 percent of total U.S. employment. click to read more...

Stay-at-home moms younger, poorer

According to an October 2009 report published by the Associated Press: Stay-at-home moms today are more likely to be younger, lower income, Hispanic or foreign born than their working counterparts. New census data collected by the U.S. government on families and households compared married stay-at-home mothers with other married women - who either worked themselves, had husbands who didn't work or did not cite caring for home and family as the reason they didn't work. There were 24 million of the couples with children under the age of 15 in 2007. Of them, 24 percent included a stay-at-home mother, which the census defined as a woman who said her husband worked while she stayed home in order to care for her family. click to read more...

Real Estate on the upswing again
WASHINGTON (August 12, 2009) - Existing-home sales in the second quarter showed healthy gains from the first quarter in the vast majority of states, and price declines have increased affordability in most metro areas, according to the latest survey by the National Association of Realtors®. Total state existing-home sales, including single-family and condo, rose 3.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate1 of 4.76 million units in the second quarter from 4.58 million units in the first quarter, but remain 2.9 percent below the 4.90 million-unit pace in the second quarter of 2008. click to read more...

Women More Likely Than Men to Experience a Life Crisis - and Struggle With its Financial Impact
(PRNewswire) While nearly all adults will experience a life crisis at some point in their life, women tend to bear the brunt -- both financially and emotionally, according to the results of a nationwide survey released by AARP Financial Inc.Nearly two-thirds (65%) of the women age 40 to 79 surveyed had already experienced a major life crisis such as job loss, divorce, death of a spouse, or serious illness or disability of an immediate family member or themselves, and in the vast majority of cases, the event had a significant impact on their finances. click to read more...

We Cannot Put a Price on Motherhood,
But We Can Put a Price on Its Cost
- (PRNewswire)Mothers play a role in 95% of family financial decisions, comprise one of the largest occupations in the United States and are the chief supplier of our nation's productive capital. Yet, there's one small problem with motherhood, this institution we are about to celebrate: it earns no appreciable revenues, and its 85 million workers have no salaries or wages. It provides no insurance, no paid days off, no retirement accounts and no Social Security benefits. click to read more...

Real-Estate Investing is for Soccer Moms
Building your own wealth in between soccer practice, ballet classes and grocery shopping – one little rental house at a time. ATLANTA, GA – If there is anyone who should seriously consider investing in real estate it is America’s army of Soccer Moms. “These extraordinary women generally have what it takes and need what it provides” so the assessment of authors and women real-estate investors S.A. Philipp and Barbara Heil-Sonneck. “The biggest threat to America’s Soccer Mom is the lack of financial security and therefore also personal independence in her later years,” warns S.A. Philipp. “The risk of divorce and widowhood is real.” click to read more...

Why some have to get fired to become a successful real-estate investor

Tough times like these bring immense challenges and many sleepless nights. They are also the perfect breeding ground for thriving new business ventures. Take my business partner, Barbara Heil-Sonneck and me for example. Years ago both of us were tired of our careers, long ready for a change, but still not daring to jump into new ventures. Then circumstances changed... click to read more...

Can women turn around this real-estate market and help themselves gain more personal and financial independence in the process?
As a matter of fact, I am convinced we can. There has never been a better time to buy real estate and invest in our independence. Our research suggests that many women already hold the key to success in this field in their hands. And exactly NOW is the time for interested women to quit sitting on the fence. No more hesitation and wondering “what if “… Instead it’s time to obtain the education on how to invest in real estate... click to read more...

Consumers asking federal government to take a more active role in overseeing mortgage and lending practices
With an unstable American economy and slowdowns in the housing market, most consumers are open to the federal government taking a more active role in overseeing mortgage and lending practices, according to the 2008 National Housing Pulse Survey, an annual survey released today by the National Association of Realtors?.
The survey, which measures how affordable housing issues affect consumers, also found that affordable housing concerns are the lowest in six years of polling. click to read more...

The Female Finance Factor,br>By Dr. Judith Briles

Contrary to popular belief, women and money do go hand-in-hand. The current perception is that most women continue to be tentative about managing their finances, either online or off, because historically, men have handled the majority of the family's finances. Not so anymore. click to read more...

Divorce Hits Women Harder
Bad decisions can bring financial disaster post-divorce
• The average woman sees a 45% drop in her standard of living;
the average man improves his standard of living by 15%.
• Women usually get the biggest financial drain -- the home and children;
men get the biggest booster -- the ability to earn a higher income.
What can women do to protect their assets?
TIPS FOR AVOIDING A POST-DIVORCE FINANCIAL CRISIS click to read more...

Forty-Three Percent of Working Moms Would Take a Pay Cut to Spend More Time with Their Kids
Working moms always hope for more quality time with their families according to a new survey. Of the 43 percent of working moms who said they would take a pay cut if it meant they could spend more time with their kids, 34 percent stated they would be willing to give up ten percent or more... click to read more...

Lower compensation and less time in workforce harms women's retirement security
WASHINGTON - Women are at a much higher risk than men of facing economic uncertainty in retirement and, on average, they'll enter retirement with considerably less savings than men. Women face these unique challenges because... click to read more....

Women Scarce Among Top Compensated Executive Officers, ION Report Finds ION Calls On Shareholders to Use their Proxies to Promote Board Diversity
BOSTON - Women are consistently underrepresented among the ranks of the top compensated executive officers in the nation’s largest public companies, according to the latest report by the InterOrganization Network... click to read more....