Retirement planning

Why new retirees may need to rethink the 4% rule

Laylabird | E+ | Getty Images A popular retirement strategy known as the 4% rule may need some recalibration for…

Here’s how to retire a millionaire, according to finance pros

Goran Babic | E+ | Getty Images Building a $1 million nest egg may seem an impossible feat. However, amassing…

More employers add 401(k) plan match for workers paying student loans

Morsa Images | Digitalvision | Getty Images Companies can now offer their workers a “match” on their student loan payments…

Why 401(k) plans are the ‘final frontier’ for exchange-traded funds

Momo Productions | Digitalvision | Getty Images While many investors have flocked to exchange-traded funds, they haven’t gained much ground…

Here’s why the U.S. retirement system isn’t among the world’s best

Mixetto | E+ | Getty Images The U.S. retirement system doesn’t get high marks relative to other nations. In fact,…

Life spans are growing but ‘health spans’ are shrinking

Momo Productions | Digitalvision | Getty Images First, the good news: Americans are living longer than they used to. Now,…

401(k) savers can access one of the ‘rare guarantees’ in investing, CFP says

There are few certainties when it comes to investing. The stock market can seem to gyrate with little rhyme or…

Planning to delay retirement may not rescue you from poor savings

Planning to work longer is a popular escape hatch for Americans who feel they’ve saved too little to support themselves…

This is the ‘billion-dollar blind spot’ of 401(k)-to-IRA rollovers, Vanguard finds

Many investors unknowingly make a costly mistake when rolling their money from a 401(k) plan to an individual retirement account:…

It’s not always ‘a sexy thing’ to be a millionaire, former NFL linebacker Brandon Copeland says. Here’s why

Brandon Copeland is a former NFL linebacker turned coach. But the type of coaching he gravitates to isn’t in the…