Retirement planning

If costs continue to escalate, Medicare may be forced to pass on the costs to beneficiaries, who are mostly retirees.

They should ask about age and health and also sources of income, living expenses and assets.

They should ask about age and health and also sources of income, living expenses and assets.

Consider factors like age and health, plus sources of income, living expenses and assets.

There’s a wide disconnect between 401(k) participants and their retirement goals.

Round table of experts discuss ramifications of conflicting agendas, high tax brackets and low-cost index funds.

Many Americans make the mistake of tapping their home value for immediate financial issues instead of using it to help fund their retirement.

Compliance with the fiduciary rule is both essential and complicated.

Why timing is so important for college graduates when making contributions to the 401(k) plans where they work.

In his underdog bid in North Carolina, Andy Millard says he's fighting big Wall Street money: "The financial consumer is not well represented in Congress."

Retirees who used a 4% withdrawal rate on a portfolio with a 50/50 asset allocation have retained 67.5% of their wealth 16 years out.

10 financial planning tips and strategies for planners to help same-sex couples.

Spousal and survivor benefits have become outdated and no longer address the needs of today's families given divorce rates and the number of single households.

While a stock-first withdrawal approach is viewed as a prudent way for retirees to tap into their retirement accounts, advisers should not readily recommend this strategy.

Retirees may receive no increase in benefits in 2017, as the Social Security Trust Fund says that the cost-of-living-adjustment could range between zero to .7%.

Congress can help by creating a law that will enable states and local governments to lower the benefits they promise their employees.

An expert agreed that an investor in their 20s doesn't need to worry too much about bonds, but in some situations a fixed-income "sliver" may make sense.

Gloom and doom do little to motivate clients to save for their post-work life.

Last election, the sky was falling but the markets handed in a good performance the next year.