Retirement planning

Workers can improve the odds of getting bigger Social Security benefits after they retire by asking for a salary raise from their employer.

Retirees should remain invested in stocks even if they have to scale back their exposure to this investment type, experts say.

Winding down a long and successful career often comes with angst. Follow these steps to make the process a little bit easier, Bob Veres says.

Variable products suffered their worst quarter in two decades, while fixed contracts also declined.

A new body of research suggests an ideal retirement-planning approach may exist — but buyer beware.

One-third of households headed by Americans aged 65 and older derive 90% of their retirement income from Social Security, according to a GAO report.

The strategy could provide lifelong cash flow by trimming longevity risk.

Whether they have a mortgage does not affect the capital gains calculation, according to a CFP.

Retirees should ensure that they take their first required minimum distribution from their tax-deferred retirement account in the year they reach 70 1/2 or face a 50% penalty.

Conventional wisdom is that 60/40 portfolio is highly effective. But there could be a better way to accompany large-cap U.S. stocks than U.S. bonds.