Retirement

Making a Big Money Move? Why You Should Probably Consult a Financial Adviser

By Beth Pinsker, Reuters

People hire financial advisers with the very obvious goal of getting advice on how to handle their money. So why do investors often cut advisers out of consequential decisions? Some advisers say...
How Kids Can Wreck Your Financial Security

By Beth Braverman

As any new parent will tell you, the giggles of a baby or a first steps of a toddler are priceless milestones, but that doesn’t meant that they don’t come at a cost.
The $3 Million Retirement Mistake You Could Be Making

By Beth Braverman

Most retirement experts agree that a portfolio that includes stocks held over the long term is the surest way to amass the nest egg necessary for a comfortable retirement, but many younger workers...
The US Loses Ground in Providing Retirement Security to Baby Boomers

By Eric Pianin

A new global index of best practices by policy makers, employers and asset managers found that the United States is losing ground in providing economic and financial security and improved health care...
Oregon Just Took the Lead in Getting Americans to Save More for Retirement

By Eric Pianin

Bucking resistance from a Republican Congress and the Trump Administration, Oregon has become the first state to launch a program requiring private employers to either offer their own 401 (k) savings...

How GOP Tax Reform Could Affect Your Retirement Account

By YLAN Q. MUI, CNBC

The fight over tax reform is starting to get personal. So far, much of the debate in Washington has centered on overhauling the corporate tax code. But a new coalition of consumer and industry groups...
How Much Money Do You Need to Be Wealthy? Here’s What Most People Say

By Beth Braverman

Americans’ collective net worth has risen in recent years, thanks to a healthy stock market and steadily increasing home values, but most people think they need a lot more money to feel financially...
How Rising Health Care Costs Could Hurt Your Retirement

By Tom Anderson, CNBC

Skyrocketing health costs don't just make it harder for you now — they can diminish your retirement, too. More than 60 percent of employees said they are contributing less to their 401(k) plans...
How Millions of Aging Baby Boomers Could Bust the Economy

By Eric Pianin

A new report not only highlights growing economic anxiety among an increasingly important and influential cohort of the population, but also suggests that this overarching pessimism and caution could...
How the Government Is Making It Harder for You to Retire

By Eric Pianin

Many Americans have saved shockingly little for their retirements, with one study showing that the median savings for households near retirement age is just $17,000. In the coming years, tens of...

Attention, Retailers: There’s a Trillion Dollar Market Hiding in Plain Site

By Michael Hodin, The Fiscal Times

As the biggest retail confab of the year kicks off in New York City, leaders from the world’s biggest brands are gathering to share their innovations, make connections and offer up solutions. One...
Women Need to Save More for Health Care in Retirement Than Men: Here’s Why – and How Much

By Beth Braverman

Since they’re more likely to work fewer years and earn less money, women are already at a disadvantage to men when it comes to retirement savings. Compounding that discrepancy, women typically live...
Donating to Charity? Now You Can Use Your IRA

By Jeff Brown, CNBC

With the arrival of Thanksgiving comes the start of the peak season for giving to charity, and Americans may well set another record in 2016, as they do most years. In 2015, Americans gave a record $...
10 Top Countries for Americans Working and Living Abroad

By Beth Braverman

It’s standard for Americans to joke every four years about their plans to leave the country if a presidential candidate they despise wins the election. Given the acrimony of the contest this year,...
How to Tap the Enormous Potential of an Aging Population

By Michael Hodin, The Fiscal Times

Big Sur, California, is a long way from Washington, D.C. And the 3,000 miles between the two is reflected in very different views of the future of aging in America. On the West Coast, the prestigious...

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