Retirement planning can be daunting for anyone. For solo agers, facing those challenges without a spouse or adult children to turn to for financial, emotional or physical support can make it even more ...

Jess Feldman has been writing and editing for more than five years, and has specifically covered personal finance basics since 2020. As a finance editor on the special projects team, she wrote, edited ...

A recent report on retirement savings says a comfortable retirement will take the average American $1.3 million in savings to achieve – nearly $200,000 less than the previous year's estimate. The ...

Retirement used to be simpler. Work for decades, collect a pension, and enjoy your golden years without much financial drama. Those days are largely gone. Today, between soaring healthcare costs, ...

Self-employed workers lack employer-sponsored retirement plans but have other options for tax-advantaged retirement accounts.

Are you ready to retire? Have you even started a retirement planning checklist? By 2030, one out of five Americans will be retirement age. Every baby boomer will be over 65, and the vanguard of ...

Should you use AI to plan your retirement? A year ago, if you had asked me whether you should use artificial intelligence to help with your retirement planning, I would have said, absolutely not.

Retiring with confidence isn't just about having enough money; it's a comprehensive process that tackles your financial, emotional, and social well-being. Ultimately, a successful retirement is built ...

Running a retirement plan advisory business is more complicated than it’s ever been. Costs continue to rise, fees remain under pressure and client expectations keep climbing. Yet despite these ...

From left to right, Morningstar CEO Kunal Kapoor; Christine Benz, Morningstar's director of personal finance; and Brock Johnson, president of Morningstar Retirement, during a webinar about the "new ...

U.S. life expectancy at birth rose to 79 in 2024. PLANADVISER and TIAA data show longevity literacy gaps that can shorten planning horizons, increasing the risk retirees outlive savings and ...

In the fall of 2019, I toured the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) Retirement Operations Center—known as the “ROC”—located 220 feet underground in a former limestone mine north of Pittsburgh, ...