401(k)

A bond subsector worth looking at. Plus, help clients keep what they owe the government to a minimum with a roadmap for drawing down assets.

Open enrollment offers seniors the opportunity to change their plans and save hundreds of dollars.

Medicare is needlessly complicated so people often become paralyzed, cannot make a decision and end up doing nothing, says an expert.

While clients experience various benefits as they age, they still owe taxes after exiting the workforce.

A line-by-line review of this form can spark a broader financial review that benefits clients. Plus, turn medical expenses into deductions for the elderly.

Retirees may want to roll over a portion of their traditional IRA into a Roth IRA or use their IRA funds to buy a qualified longevity annuity contract.

Major home and car repairs are among the unexpected expenses that catch many retirees financially off-guard.

High-yielding investments come with a significant risk, as exemplified by ETFs that own energy-focused master limited partnerships.

Investors should rebalance their portfolio, consider investing in foreign markets and avoid trendy ways to minimize risk. Find out what they shouldn’t do.

Retirees who opt to manage their investments are advised to streamline their portfolio maintenance into a process that they can roll out toward the year's end.

The odds that your clients will one day stay in an assisted living home increases 1.4% per year, starting at age 65.

Try these strategies that put off withdrawals and shrink the government's cut. Plus, the financial benefits of early retirement.

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.

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

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.

Roughly a third of American workers don’t have a retirement vehicle, says Labor Secretary Thomas Perez.

Clients can beat a costly pitfall that comes after missing a 60-day window on IRA rollovers by giving the agency their side of the story under a newly relaxed rule. Plus, ways to save when clients are too old for traditional IRAs.

For one strategy, clients should create income streams that have built-in protection, such as Social Security and long-term insurance.