Lee Conrad

Parents should have a smart plan on how to help their adult children returning to their home without putting their own retirement at risk.

Only about 20% of Americans know the amount of contributions they can make to their 401(k) plan, according to a new study from TD Ameritrade.

Dental expenses can eat away a considerable amount of retirees’ savings, but these costs are important to prevent health complications and other medical expenses.

There are a lot of options — and potential missteps.

Heavily weighting any single stock has the potential to make a portfolio more volatile.

The U.S. is one of the few countries that doesn’t have paid family leave, and it can cause families hardship around the time of a birth, says an expert.

The Trump administration unveiled its proposed budget that includes provisions that would enable Medicare beneficiaries to contribute to a health savings account.

Seniors will face a 20% penalty on top of income taxes if they withdraw funds from a health savings account for non-medical expenses before the age of 65.

Not having a full understanding could hurt workers’ retirement prospects by causing them to possibly miss out on their employer’s match or not reducing their taxable income as much as possible.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. is facing a $54 billion deficit for insuring multiemployer plans in unionized industries, says the GAO report.

The worst thing you can do during a stock market crash is panic and sell your stocks near the market bottom.

To qualify for this feature, clients should have reported a minimum amount for at least 11 years.

Which full-service broker-dealer treats its advisors the best? Which is the worst? And when should planners shun wirehouses to strike out on their own? Career consultant to financial planners Rick Rummage lays out the options.

For many workers, moving assets from old 401(k)s into a traditional IRA may not be a smart move. One reason: IRAs often don’t offer stable value or guaranteed fund investment options as do most 401(k)s.

The government needs to improve cost-of-living adjustments to ensure that retirees can cope with inflation, says an expert.

If the client makes a mistake, they are advised to take the RMD as soon as they discover it so they can ask the IRS for a waiver of the penalty.

Those who signed up in the past year will get a smaller pension than they would under the old system, but they can expect additional benefits from the tax-advantaged Thrift Savings Plan.

The transparency of a fee charged to other fund firms for use of the platform is allegedly questioned.

The sandwich generation is struggling to save for its own needs, and when you add in family demands, it paints a "grim picture," an expert says.