CHARTING YOUR FINANCIAL
COURSE: A GUIDE FOR WOMEN
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OUR FOCUS TODAY
> EVALUATE YOUR FINANCIAL HEALTH
> SET FINANCIAL GOALS
> MAKE YOUR MONEY WORK FOR YOU
> MANAGING BEING SINGLE AGAIN
> PUT IT ALL TOGETHER – YOUR
FINANCIAL PLAN
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KEY FINANCIAL
CHALLENGES FOR WOMEN
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DID YOU KNOW?*
> Women still earn only 77 cents to a full-time
working man’s dollar.
> Two-thirds of all working women earn less
than $30,000 a year in jobs without pensions.
> Over a lifetime, women will spend 27 years
in the workforce, while men will spend
almost 40 years.
* “What People Need to Know About Retirement”, National Center for Women
and Retirement Research (WISER), 2008.
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SAVINGS CHALLENGES
WOMEN MAY FACE
1. May need to save more money
due to longevity
2. May have fewer years to save
the necessary amount
3. May not be able to save as
much from year to year
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COMMON MYTHS ABOUT MONEY
> I need to have a lot of money before I can
start investing
> If my spouse has a health and pension plan,
then I don’t need to worry about having my own
> Women and men have the same investment goals
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COMMON MYTHS ABOUT MONEY
(continued)
> Women and men receive the same
retirement benefits
> Medicare will take care of my
long-term care needs
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EVALUATE YOUR FINANCIAL HEALTH
WHERE DO YOU STAND?
> Organize your financial records
> Check your credit rating
> Review your cash flow
> Review your net worth
> Consider what goals you need to save for
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EVALUATE YOUR FINANCIAL HEALTH
CASH FLOW AND NET WORTH –
WHAT ARE THEY?
CASH FLOW = THE PATH YOUR MONEY TAKES
INCOME
–
EXPENSES
=
POSITIVE OR
NEGATIVE?
NET WORTH = RATIO OF WHAT YOU OWN TO WHAT YOU OWE
ASSETS
–
LIABILITIES
=
POSITIVE OR
NEGATIVE?
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SET FINANCIAL GOALS
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE?
PLAN FOR YOUR…
• Short-term financial goals
• Long-term financial goals
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SET FINANCIAL GOALS
SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL GOALS
> Reduce unnecessary expenditures
– Use cash flow information
– Reduce debt and increase net worth
> Determine savings priorities
– Emergency account, auto purchase, other
> Begin or increase savings for goals
– Pay yourself first
– Check your tax withholding
– Start today
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SET FINANCIAL GOALS
LONG-TERM FINANCIAL GOALS
> Retirement
> Paying off your mortgage
> Protecting your assets
> Building a financial legacy
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SET FINANCIAL GOALS
INSURANCE – STRATEGIES TO
PROTECT YOUR ASSETS
> Life insurance
> Property/casualty and liability insurance
> Disability income insurance
> Long-term care insurance
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SET FINANCIAL GOALS
INCOME REPLACEMENT
Disability Insurance
• Pays a portion of your income if you become disabled
• Additional tool to use to try and protect
your assets
• Group disability insurance sometimes available
through your employer via
long-term and/or short-term policies
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SET FINANCIAL GOALS
LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE
> Helps:
> you afford appropriate care
> protect your savings and assets
> preserve your freedom of choice
in choosing care
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MAKE YOUR MONEY WORK FOR YOU
SAVING AND INVESTING BASICS
> Pay yourself first!
> Continue making payments to savings when
debt is eliminated
> Increase contributions when you get a raise
> Take advantage of your company match
> Understand the concepts of compounding
and tax-deferred growth
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LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES IN A DOWNTURN
CONTRIBUTING MORE
2011 LIMITS FOR SALARY DEFERRAL RETIREMENT PLANS*
403(b)
Plans
Only
* Based upon your salary, you may contribute up to the maximum amount under each scenario represented by the different bars.
**You must be an employee of an eligible teaching institution, hospital, church, home health agency or health and welfare service agency to
be eligible for these contribution limits.
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LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES IN A DOWNTURN
CONTRIBUTING MORE
2011 LIMITS FOR SALARY DEFERRAL RETIREMENT PLANS*
403(b)
Plans
Only
* Based upon your salary, you may contribute up to the maximum amount under each scenario represented by the different bars.
**You must be an employee of an eligible teaching institution, hospital, church, home health agency or health and welfare service agency to
be eligible for these contribution limits.
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MAKE YOUR MONEY WORK FOR YOU
TRADITIONAL AND ROTH IRAs –
GREAT FOR ADDITIONAL
RETIREMENT SAVINGS!
YEAR
IRA*
50+
CATCH UP
TOTAL
$ YEARLY
2011*
$5,000
$1,000
$6,000
* After 2010, indexing may be in $500 increments, subject to inflation.
IRA contribution limits rise for deductible and nondeductible. Traditional and Roth IRAs.
Eligibility to participate in a Roth IRA is subject to income limits.
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MAKE YOUR MONEY WORK FOR YOU
INVESTMENT CONSIDERATIONS
> Investment Risk
> Volatility
> Diversification and Asset Allocation
> Expenses Matter
There is no account fee to own a TIAA-CREF IRA; however, brokerage transaction fees may apply. In addition,
investors are subject to the underlying funds’ portfolio management fees and expenses.
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IMPORTANCE OF ASSET ALLOCATION AND DIVERSIFICATION
DIVERSIFICATION CAN HELP
REDUCE PORTFOLIO VOLATILITY*
1926 TO 2010
$10,000
Ending
Wealth
$1,000
$100
$10
$1
$.10
1926
1934
1943
1952
1961
1970
1979
1988
2010
Average
Return
$2,976
9.87%
$133
$93
5.93%
5.48%
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3.62%
$12
2.99%
Stocks
Corporate Bonds
Government Bonds
Treasury Bills
Inflation
* Diversification is a technique to help reduce risk. There is no absolute guarantee that diversification will protect against a loss of income. Past
performance is no guarantee of future results.
Source: © Ibbotson Associates, a wholly owned subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. Hypothetical value of $1 invested at year-end 1925. Assumes
reinvestment of income and no transaction costs or taxes. Chart illustrates returns from 1/1/1926 to 12/31/2010.
Benchmarks: S&P 500 Index, Ibbotson U.S. Long Term Corporate Bonds, Ibbotson U.S. Long Term Government Bonds, Ibbotson U.S. 30-Day
Treasury Bills, U.S. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U). You cannot invest directly in an index.
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MAKE YOUR MONEY WORK FOR YOU
TYPES OF RISK
> Interest-Rate Risk
> Inflation Risk
> Market Risk
> Foreign Investment Risk
> Market-Timing Risk
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MAKE YOUR MONEY WORK FOR YOU
SIGNIFICANT DOWNTURNS
ARE NOT UNCOMMON
PERIOD
9/29-6/32
6/46-4/47
8/56-2/57
8/57-12/57
1/62-6/62
2/66-9/66
12/68-6/70
1/73-9/74
1/77-2/78
12/80-7/82
9/87-11/87
6/90-10/90
7/98-8/98
9/00-9/02
11/07 – 2/09
LENGTH
34 months
11 months
7 months
5 months
6 months
8 months
19 months
21 months
14 months
20 months
3 months
5 months
2 months
25 months
16 months
DECLINE IN S&P 500®
-83.4%
-21.0%
-10.2%
-15.0%
-22.3%
-15.6%
-29.3%
-42.6%
-14.1%
-16.9%
-29.5%
-14.7%
-15.4%
-44.7%
-50.9%
Next?
Source: Ibbotson Associates, Inc.; Final Period Source: CREF Investments. Both Sources: Large Company Stocks – Standard & Poor’s
500®, which is an unmanaged group of securities and considered to be representative of the stock market in general. The data assumes
reinvestment of all income and does not account for taxes or transaction costs. The average return represents a compound annual return.
An investment cannot be made directly in an index. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
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MAKE YOUR MONEY WORK FOR YOU
UNDERSTANDING EQUITY
MARKET VOLATILITY
Equity markets
• Constantly react to events and conditions
• Small changes in equity assumptions often equate
to large changes in equity values
• Changes in equity assumptions often include
reactions to events
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MAKE YOUR MONEY WORK FOR YOU
LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING
IN VOLATILE TIMES
> When share prices are lower
– Dollar cost averaging*
– Systematic transfers*
> When interest rates are declining
– Refinance your mortgage
– Transfer credit card balance to lower rates
> Take advantage of new tax laws
– Increased investment opportunities
* Please be advised that systematic investing does not assure a profit, and does not protect against loss in declining
markets. In addition, such a plan involves continuous investment in securities regardless of fluctuating prices, and
the investor should consider his/her financial ability to continue purchases through periods of low price levels.
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MAKE YOUR MONEY WORK FOR YOU
UNDERSTANDING EQUITY
MARKET VOLATILITY
Remember…
• The trade-off for higher returns is higher risk
in the equity markets
• Diversifying asset allocations can mitigate risk
Diversification is a technique to help reduce risk. There is no absolute guarantee that diversification will protect
against a loss of income..
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MAKE YOUR MONEY WORK FOR YOU
UNDERSTANDING DIVERSIFICATION
• Spreads risk among different
asset classes
• Potentially reduces overall
portfolio volatility
• Investment performance for
individual asset classes will vary
• To diversify, allocate assets…
Non-Equities
Equities
− Across Asset Classes
− Within Asset Classes
*Diversification does not guarantee against losses
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MAKE YOUR MONEY WORK FOR YOU
ASSET CLASSES
> Guaranteed*
> Money Market
> Fixed Income
> Real Estate
> Equities
* Guaranteed by the claims-paying ability of the issuer.
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MAKE YOUR MONEY WORK FOR YOU
BUILDING YOUR PORTFOLIO
WITH TIAA-CREF
> Option A – Create
your own allocation
?
– Use our Asset
Allocation Evaluator
– Have an allocation
prepared
> Option B – Select one
of our model portfolios
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MAKE YOUR MONEY WORK FOR YOU
WE’LL HELP YOU
ALLOCATE YOUR PORTFOLIO
12%
27%
CONSERVATIVE
8%
Guaranteed*
Fixed Income
12%
Equities
Real Estate
41%
Cash/Money Market
* Based on the claims-paying ability of TIAA. The specific asset allocations shown in the model portfolios were generated
by Ibbotson Associates, one of the nation’s leading financial advisors. They are based on well-known optimization
techniques, using historical return, volatility and correlation data from indexes like the Russell 1000 stock index. This
optimization procedure is based on assumptions about historical market data, and future market conditions may vary
from these assumptions. The model portfolios presented here were not created specifically for you and may not take into
account your particular retirement goals or investment preferences. The ultimate allocation decision is up to you after
you have considered investment information that pertains to your own personal circumstances.
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MAKE YOUR MONEY WORK FOR YOU
WE’LL HELP YOU
ALLOCATE YOUR PORTFOLIO
10%
22%
8%
MODERATELY
CONSERVATIVE
Guaranteed*
Fixed Income
Equities
32%
28%
Real Estate
Cash/Money Market
* Based on the claims-paying ability of TIAA. The specific asset allocations shown in the model portfolios were generated
by Ibbotson Associates, one of the nation’s leading financial advisors. They are based on well-known optimization
techniques, using historical return, volatility and correlation data from indexes like the Russell 1000 stock index. This
optimization procedure is based on assumptions about historical market data, and future market conditions may vary
from these assumptions. The model portfolios presented here were not created specifically for you and may not take into
account your particular retirement goals or investment preferences. The ultimate allocation decision is up to you after
you have considered investment information that pertains to your own personal circumstances.
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MAKE YOUR MONEY WORK FOR YOU
WE’LL HELP YOU
ALLOCATE YOUR PORTFOLIO
7%
5%
15%
MODERATE
Guaranteed*
20% Fixed Income
Equities
53%
Real Estate
Cash/Money Market
* Based on the claims-paying ability of TIAA. The specific asset allocations shown in the model portfolios were generated
by Ibbotson Associates, one of the nation’s leading financial advisors. They are based on well-known optimization
techniques, using historical return, volatility and correlation data from indexes like the Russell 1000 stock index. This
optimization procedure is based on assumptions about historical market data, and future market conditions may vary
from these assumptions. The model portfolios presented here were not created specifically for you and may not take into
account your particular retirement goals or investment preferences. The ultimate allocation decision is up to you after
you have considered investment information that pertains to your own personal circumstances.
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MAKE YOUR MONEY WORK FOR YOU
WE’LL HELP YOU
ALLOCATE YOUR PORTFOLIO
8%
7%
13%
MODERATELY
AGGRESSIVE
Guaranteed*
Fixed Income
Equities
Real Estate
72%
Cash/Money Market
* Based on the claims-paying ability of TIAA. The specific asset allocations shown in the model portfolios were generated
by Ibbotson Associates, one of the nation’s leading financial advisors. They are based on well-known optimization
techniques, using historical return, volatility and correlation data from indexes like the Russell 1000 stock index. This
optimization procedure is based on assumptions about historical market data, and future market conditions may vary
from these assumptions. The model portfolios presented here were not created specifically for you and may not take into
account your particular retirement goals or investment preferences. The ultimate allocation decision is up to you after
you have considered investment information that pertains to your own personal circumstances.
MAKE YOUR MONEY WORK FOR YOU
WE’LL HELP YOU
ALLOCATE YOUR PORTFOLIO
9%
5%
AGGRESSIVE
Guaranteed*
Fixed Income
Equities
Real Estate
86%
Cash/Money Market
* Based on the claims-paying ability of TIAA. The specific asset allocations shown in the model portfolios were generated
by Ibbotson Associates, one of the nation’s leading financial advisors. They are based on well-known optimization
techniques, using historical return, volatility and correlation data from indexes like the Russell 1000 stock index. This
optimization procedure is based on assumptions about historical market data, and future market conditions may vary
from these assumptions. The model portfolios presented here were not created specifically for you and may not take into
account your particular retirement goals or investment preferences. The ultimate allocation decision is up to you after
you have considered investment information that pertains to your own personal circumstances.
MANAGING YOUR INVESTMENTS
TIAA-CREF LIFECYCLE FUNDS*:
Asset allocations become more conservative as you approach retirement. As with all
mutual funds, the principal value isn’t guaranteed. Also, the target date of the Lifecycle
Fund is an approximate date when investors may begin withdrawing from the fund.
2050
FUND
2025
FUND
2045
FUND
2040
FUND
2035
FUND
2020
2015
2010
FUND
FUND
FUND
Equity Funds
Fixed-Income Funds
2030
FUND
Retirement
Income
Fund
* In addition to the fees and expenses associated with the Lifecycle Funds, there is exposure to the fees and expenses associated with the
underlying investment options. Please note that TIAA-CREF Lifecycle Funds are actively managed, so their asset allocations are subject to
change and may vary from those shown or discussed. Approximately seven to ten years after a Lifecycle Fund’s target date, the fund may
merge into the Lifecycle Retirement Income Fund or a similar fund.
MAKE YOUR MONEY WORK FOR YOU
COMPARE EXPENSES
$10,000 INVESTED OVER 30 YEARS EARNING 6%
2.00%
1.50%
0.50%
EXPENSES
This chart assumes expenses are withdrawn from the account at year-end, based on year-end assets. It is presented for illustrative purposes only and does
not reflect actual performance, deduction of taxes or predict future results of any TIAA-CREF account. Before committing money to an account, be sure to
check its expenses. Refer to the prospectuses available at this seminar for current expenses. However, lower expenses do not mean higher returns.
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MANAGING BEING SINGLE AGAIN
BECOMING SINGLE AGAIN
If you’ve become single as a result of being:
• Widowed
• Divorced
• Separated from a long-term partnership
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MANAGING BEING SINGLE AGAIN
IMPORTANT STEPS TO TAKE
Address your emotional needs
• Take time for yourself to adjust
• Seek professional advice as needed
• Ask questions
Assess your finances
• Gather important documents
• Create new cash flow and net worth statements
• Review investing and insurance needs
• Check your credit rating/score
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MANAGING BEING SINGLE AGAIN
DIVORCE AND YOUR
RETIREMENT PLANS
> Division of retirement accounts
> Social Security benefits
> Review documents
– Beneficiary designations
– Property title
> Review your asset allocation after
accounts are divided
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PUT IT ALL TOGETHER
YOUR FINANCIAL PLAN
> Pay off high interest credit card debt
> Have a financial security fund of in case
of an emergency like a loss of a job
> Buy or evaluate your existing insurance
to protect your family and property
> Have a will and a living will
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PUT IT ALL TOGETHER
YOUR FINANCIAL PLAN
> If you have a mortgage, understand the rate
and options for refinancing to save money
> Maximize your saving through your employer’s
retirement plan
> Identify your tolerance for risk for your
investments and align with your asset allocation
> Understand asset diversification, market volatility
and options for allocating your retirement
savings including Lifecycle funds
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PUT IT ALL TOGETHER
YOUR FINANCIAL PLAN
> Strongly consider opening or contributing
to an IRA to supplement your employer
sponsored savings plan
> If your asset levels are considerable,
consider creating an estate plan for
long term security for your family
> See an Individual Consultant if you need
help building an financial plan
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