The idea of retiring from work is a relatively modern one, dating back to the middle of the 19th century. Most developed countries maintain a specific retirement “age,” usually the … Read more →

With tax day just around the corner, you’re likely to run into a bevy on helpful online articles on how to reduce your tax bill before you file. Helpful stuff … Read more →

For most Americans, owning a home is the single biggest purchase and the single biggest investment in their lives. That first fact is perhaps unsurprising, but the second is truly … Read more →

Do you have enough saved up to retire? Are you even on track to attempt to retire one day? Saving is part of the problem, but so is investing. Retirement plans … Read more →

“A penny saved is a penny earned,” as Benjamin Franklin once put it. Or rather, did not. That’s a common modern understanding of Dr. Franklin’s advice from 1759. From a … Read more →

Retirement savers often focus their energies on trying to outwit the markets. Yet that isn’t necessarily where they get the most bang for the buck in a long-term savings plan. Few investors … Read more →

One of the fundamental challenges of retirement is making the switch from retirement investor to retiree. That means shifting from stocks to income investments in timely and secure fashion. Easier said than done these days. The … Read more →

A television commercial on the air these days asks people on the street (played by actors) a fairly direct retirement question: Will you outlive your money? It might seem impossible to answer. Who … Read more →

Beginning savers and investors sometimes find the selection of retirement accounts confusing, and with good reason: 401(k)s, 403(b)s, IRAs, 529s, on and on. Then there are choice within choices. You can … Read more →

Unless you work for a retirement investment firm or a very large company, chances are your options for 401k investments are limited. This is no accident. For many years, the reining logic among 401k plan … Read more →