单选题 When the subject is money, women often cling to two persistent stereotypes, one a pleasant dream, the other a nightmare.
In the 81 , they hater fantasies that a white 82 will provide happily-ever-after financial security. 83 the nightmare, by contrast, they fear that an impoverished retirement could 84 them into bag ladies on the street.
Now 85 advisers and managers are 86 forces to change those images. In a proliferation of books, seminars, conferences, Web 87 , and investment clubs, they are 88 out to women, helping them to become financially savvy and economically 89 . Prince Charming, they warn, may not come.
"If and when he does show 90 , he may have 91 than you do" quips Brooke Stephens, a financial adviser.
In part, this burgeoning interest 92 changing demographics. As the number of 93 women grows, so does their need 94 economic independence. By some estimates, one-fourth of 95 working women now between the ages of 18 and 26 96 never marry.
Divorce and 97 longevity also require self-sufficiency. Ninety percent of women currently 98 supp orted by someone else—parents, a husband, the government—will at some point be 99 , notes Cail Shapiro, executive director of Womankind, a 100 center in Wayland, Mass.