A.
When the subject is money, women often cling to two persistent stereotypes, one a pleasant dream, the other a nightmare.
B.
In the (1) , they hate fantasies that a white (2) will provide happily-ever-after financial security. (3) the nightmare, by contrast, they fear that an impoverished retirement could (4) them into bag ladies on the street.
C.
Now (5) advisers and managers are (6) forces to change those images. In a proliferation of books, seminars, conferences, Web (7) , and investment clubs, they are (8) out to women, helping them to become financially savvy and economically (9) . Prince Charming, they warn, may not come.
D.
"If and when he does show (10) , he may have less than you do," quips Brooke Stephens, a financial adviser.