Retirement gaps can hide in plain sight. A career break here, a smaller paycheck there, a few years spent caring for family, and suddenly the retirement plan looks less like a neatly packed suitcase and more like one that refuses to zip.
That does not mean every woman faces the same financial shortfall, or that any single statistic predicts an individual outcome. But research highlighted in a recent MarketWatch article points to several patterns that can affect retirement security, including pay differences, caregiving interruptions, investment participation and access to financial planning.
