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The Participant Effect is a guidance based, beginning to end retirement solution to help create confidence in your financial life. Together with your employer, our goal is to help you pursue financial well-being in retirement.
Retirement may seem like an elusive dream that you don’t believe you’ll ever reach. Or maybe you think that its not possible to start saving now. The Participant EffectSM is here to tell you that you CAN achieve your retirement goals and it’s NEVER too early or too late to start.
The Financial Wellness Assessment will provide you with a personal Financial Wellness score that can serve as your benchmark as you make steps to become more financially well. You will also be guided to information relevant to the financial priorities you’ve identified and the information will help The Participant Effect team tailor group education workshops to specifically address the needs of you and your colleagues.
Seventy Percent Of Human Resources Professionals Say Personal Financial Challenges Can Impact Employee Performance.1
Sixty-six percent of employees say it would be at least somewhat difficult to pay bills if their next paycheck were a week late.2
1-SHRM, “Financial Wellness in the Workplace”, May 2014
2-American Payroll Association, “Getting Paid in America, Survey 2013.”
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What comes to mind when you think of investment risk?
• Picking the wrong mutual funds for your 401(k)?
• Buying into a tech bubble?
• Purchasing a stock based on a tip from your buddy?
• Having too many stocks in your portfolio too close to retirement?
Indeed, some of these things quite legitimately could be considered risky. 
The three-legged stool is a metaphor that retirement planners use to describe the three most common sources of income for retirees. At one point in time, the three legs referred to Social Security, pension and personal savings — the multiple sources of income generally needed to achieve a financially secure retirement.
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