Retirement Planning

Americans aren't saving, and many are spending more than they earn. The Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Ana...

As second marriages become more and more common, beneficiary designations become more complicated. If you are remarried, choosing a beneficiary ...

What would you do if both your parents asked you to assist them with their suicides within the same year? A decade after the fact, a son recounts how he fulfilled his parents' wishes.

Both Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain have responded to retirees' and near-retirees' deep concern about the plunging value of their retirement accounts by...

The Department of Labor has issued new rules intended to prevent financial advisors from steering their clients to bad investments by requiring advisers to act in the best interests of their clients.

For many Medicaid applicants, individual retirement accounts (IRAs) are one of their biggest assets.

Retiring to another country can be a very attractive option.  Lower cost of living and health care expenses along with exotic locales and temperate climates persuade many seniors to retire outside of the United States.

A rule about how many IRA-to-IRA “rollovers” a taxpayer can make in a single years has changed and taxpayers should be aware of it to avoid unnecessary taxes and penalties.  ...

The terms 401(k) and individual retirement account (IRA) are bandied about quite a bit when discussing retirement planning, but what are the actual differences between the two?...