If you were aiming to save enough money to retire, really retire, and feel secure in your old age, are traditional pension plans better? Sure, but not for the reason … Read more →

One of the more difficult aspects of investing is figuring out when to buy or sell. When is a stock cheap? When is it expensive? We’re usually pretty good at … Read more →

Retirement saving is hard to do. It’s made even harder by the fact that most people cannot earn enough over a lifetime to retire safely without taking on at least some investment … Read more →

One of the interesting quirks of the investing world in the last few years has been the rise of “self-directed IRAs.” You often hear them bandied about as vehicles for … Read more →

The headlines have a strangely unreal ring about them these days. The Federal Reserve’s easy money policy is either about to end or last for years more, housing is in recovery or it’s … Read more →

Retirement savers have a lot on their plate these days. A long, slow recovery is making it harder to believe in stocks even as they hit new highs. Meanwhile, bond … Read more →

You probably won’t be surprised to hear that early IRA withdrawal is a major trend in retirement investing. A new study from the Employee Benefits Research Institute put a number on it … Read more →

You might have run into a story this week about retirement derailers, the unexpected life events that tend to put retirement savers off-track and leave them tens of thousands of … Read more →

It’s the single biggest question facing working Americans of all ages: Can I retire on time, and what will happen once I finally quit working? Financial planners can sit you down … Read more →

A new report casts considerable doubt on how well many Americans will fare in retirement: Those born between 1966 and 1975, the so-called Gen-Xers, will be the worst off regarding their retirement … Read more →