American retirement increasingly rides the market
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Social Security battle comes as both state and private retirement plans are shifting.
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Squeezed by soaring health-care costs and dwindling pensions, ever more Americans are choosing to postpone retirement -- and the Washington region leads the nation when it comes to working past age 65, according to census figures released today.
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More than a fifth of all Americans are forced into early retirement, usually by layoffs and cutbacks at their companies, according to a study by Sun Life Financial Inc.
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Trading in life insurance policies held by wealthy seniors has quietly become a big business for investors.
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Can't save enough for retirement? Maybe an immediate jolt to your net worth will help.
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Millions of Americans are preparing to retire, but still want to use their skills and talents to help others.  They're becoming volunteers.
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Not everyone wants the market to keep going up.
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All or nothing isn't the only way to approach retirement.
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Doing some work after retirement can give you the best of both worlds.
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Hedge funds, once the last word in aggressive speculation, have become more timid as pensions and other more risk-averse investors have increasingly placed money with the funds.
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Making the transition while the market churns.
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Conventional wisdom says not to pull money out of retirement accounts except for actual retirement. Most Americans have enough difficulty building up a nest egg, and cracking it prematurely could mean living on Social Security later.
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Retirement savers have a dizzying array of options these days. Which is right for you?
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Bumps on the road to retirement smooth themselves out.
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When stock markets fall, one of the biggest triggers of panic for private investors is the thought that their retirement savings are being chipped away before their eyes.
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Q. My wife and I are 60 and plan to retire at 62. At that time we will have $31,000 in annual income from Social Security and $48,000 from a corporate pension. A 401(k)/IRA of $1 million will provide additional income from investments.
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Maybe you're saving too much for retirement. You may also be eating too many vegetables, spending too much time with the kids, exercising too regularly and doing your job too diligently.