Retirement

Financial advisors are flooded with questions from panicked clients. Here's a field guide to answers.

Americans lost 30% more money to scams last year than in 2021. And the biggest losses were from seniors.

After three banks collapsed, a New York teacher wonders if the wreckage could reach her nest egg. Should she be worried?

New provisions increase the ways workers can contribute toward their futures and employers can invest in their workforce's financial wellness.

After the collapse of three banks, many Americans are wondering if their long-term nest eggs are safe. Here's what to tell them.

The 4% rule isn't the only option. Plus, one counterintuitive idea says retirees can live larger this year.

A vast amount of American wealth is never taxed for Social Security. Why not close the gap?

A young lawyer and his wife are planning to have some well-educated kids. How can they get financially ready?

When it comes to accommodating older employees, not all jobs are created equal. Luckily, new research has ranked them for us.

The president says his plan will keep the program solvent into the 2050s, "without cutting a penny in benefits."

Contributions to 401(k)s and IRAs now can reduce your 2022 taxes soon due this filing season. Here's what advisors, many of whom can themselves benefit, need to know.

In career-defining moments like the start of March Madness season, young athletes can experience life-changing inflows of wealth. Experts at Morgan Stanley, Mitlin Financial and Edmonds Duncan give advice on how to support them.

Employees lack confidence that the money they saved will actually financially support them through their retirement.

A young lawyer in upstate New York wants to save in a Roth individual retirement account, but his salary is about to push him over the income limit. What should he do?

Two decades ago, a researcher at TIAA came up with a brilliant invention, but no insurance company would touch it. Has its time finally come?

Millions of Americans take care of their aging parents, at great cost to their own nest eggs. That's where wealth managers come in.

Affluent investors typically have more complicated financial lives and more ways to get things wrong when filing federal tax returns in 2023.

New data from Fidelity Investment shows disparate reductions in account balances for IRAs and employer-sponsored retirement plans last year.

Rising prices eat away at savings. But don't despair — financial advisors say there are many ways to protect and even expand a long-term nest egg.