Retirement planning

Clients may not even know the right questions. You need to tell them, and provide the answers.

Some bright spots for advisers: A surprising number of boomers have not begun saving yet for retirement; and millennials will need decades of advice.

The agency also proposed a rule to permit cities to create their own savings plans.

Investors who reach the age of 45 are advised to multiply their salary by 3.7 to get a good estimate of retirement savings they should have at this age.

Preferred stocks are good candidates for retirees' investment portfolio as they can provide more income than corporate bonds.

The number of Americans 65 and older is expected to nearly double over the next decades, which may be a boon for retirement planning.

Investors are better off having target-date funds than balanced funds as TDFs provide broader diversification and focus on minimizing risk.

The Last Advisor platform is a cloud-based retirement solution that relies upon a bucket strategy.

The Last Advisor platform is a cloud-based retirement solution that relies upon a bucket strategy.

Many people have the misconception that Social Security will become insolvent over the next 20 years.

Small-business owners can win when advisers use a stacked-pension approach to 401(k) planning.

Small-business owners can win when advisers use a stacked-pension approach to 401(k) planning.

Unlike some other tax mistakes, running afoul of the once-per year rule can’t be fixed.

Unlike some other tax mistakes, running afoul of the once-per year rule can’t be fixed.

Payouts to spouses and survivors appear similar but are different enough to cause headaches.

An indirect connection to equities has helped FIAs weather this year’s market volatility.

Payouts to spouses and survivors appear similar but are different enough to cause headaches.