Retirement

The tax law has made deducting philanthropic contributions more difficult, but there are ways to help clients reap benefits from their generosity.

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.

Eleven of the 14 dividend-focused ETFs in existence 10 years ago beat a plain vanilla index fund.

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

Changing filing statuses and maxing out deductible contributions to IRAs and HSAs are some ways clients received bigger reimbursements.

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.

Those who fail to repay their loans on time may face early withdrawal penalties.

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.

Make sure your conversations with clients include variations of this theme. It's not a bad way to approach your own big decisions, as well.

In the land of tech startups, there's real demand for planners — ones who can embrace the best of robo practices while keeping the human touch.

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 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.