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Your personal retirement number depends on your lifestyle goals, investment risk and desired retirement age, among other key factors Written By Written by Staff Money Writer, Buy Side Erin Gobler is a ...

As the new year begins, savings have hit unprecedented levels, but rising health care costs and growing poverty make retirement unaffordable for many. By Mark Miller America is aging fast. By 2030, ...

The benefits provide important economic support for older people who cannot work. The White House recently halted changes to the program that had worried some experts. By Mark Miller Many older ...

The smartest financial move I ever made was to stop contributing to retirement savings. It may sound counterintuitive, even reckless. Dave Ramsey would have stress dreams about this article, but it ...

Alessandra Malito is a retirement reporter based in New York. She holds the Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor™ and Chartered Financial Consultant® designations. You can follow her on Twitter ...

If you don't have access to a 401(k) through work, there are other options for retirement saving. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate ...

(NEXSTAR) — The retirement age in the U.S. is about to hit a new high next year as the final stage of a 1983 rule takes effect. More specifically, it is the full retirement age that is changing in ...

The Trump administration wants to cut back disability benefits for low-income and older Americans by up to 20%, a move that could affect hundreds of thousands of people. (1) It’s part of the ...

Are you ready to retire? A tool on consumer advisor Clark Howard’s website can help. “I have a tool you can use at Clark.com that you put in how much money you’ve saved, how much money you spend every ...

Jonathan Ponciano is a financial journalist with nearly a decade of experience covering markets, technology, and entrepreneurship. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, ...