Social Security

Clients are increasingly favoring accounts suited for emergency spending, research shows.

New legislation that aims to give workers greater opportunities to save may put the kibosh on a strategy for passing large individual retirement accounts to heirs.

Grandparents are advised to give cash gifts without putting their future financial security at risk.

There are still several moves that clients can make to reduce their 2018 tax bill.

New innovations increase participation by making it easier to save and invest for retirement, an expert says.

Parents should have a smart plan on how to help their adult children returning to their home without putting their own retirement at risk.

Dental expenses can eat away a considerable amount of retirees’ savings, but these costs are important to prevent health complications and other medical expenses.

There are a lot of options — and potential missteps.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.