Saving for Retirement

Choose the right well-diversified collection of bond funds for you.

Winning picks for this growth-oriented fund include the popular stocks of Tesla and Facebook.

The spread between short-term and long-term rates will grow. Here's what that means to you.

Aggressive savers can turn to taxable accounts, SEP IRAs and variable annuities after hitting the limit in tax-advantaged retirement plans.

Our practical investor tames jitters about her stocks' big gains with some old-fashioned analysis and math.

During America Saves Week, take these steps to begin preparing for a brighter financial future.

Financial planners will answer your questions for free on February 20 during the Jump-Start Your Retirement Plan online event.

Lower expenses and cheaper share classes are good news for workers.

With this indispensable savings tool, your money grows tax-free, you can invest in almost anything and you get several cool perks.

To help pick your date, make the most of benefits to which you’re entitled, and run the numbers to see whether your expenses will match up with your income.

What we learned from the market’s astonishing rise—and preceding free fall.

Our five-step plan will help you choose your timetable and get you there on schedule.

Maxing out retirement-plan contributions and maintaining a diversified portfolio helped these retirees build a well-funded nest egg.

Staying in the workforce provides a social outlet and boosts your nest egg.

For this New Year, resolve to give up your childish money habits and become a money-smart adult.

You should reserve a small part of your portfolio for investments that don’t move closely with the stock market.

It’s getting easier for the little guy to get into all sorts of exotic investments. That’s not necessarily a good thing.

Expert advice for investors to protect and grow their portfolios.

If you work for yourself, the two best choices are a solo 401(k) and a simplified employee pension.

But you can direct up to $100,000 of your annual distribution to charity.

Municipal bonds remain one of the most attractive fixed-income sectors.

Max out your contributions while you can and prepare to save a bit more next year.

Tax-free income is a dream of every taxpayer. And if you save in a Roth account, it's a reality. Roths are the youngsters of the retirement savings world. ...

This Q&A answers essential questions about adding a Roth account to your nest egg.

You don’t have to inherit money, win the lottery, or even be the next Bill Gates or Warren Buffett to become financially secure. With a little bit of ...

Retirees, don't shy away from stocks. New research shows boosting stock allocation during retirement could be a smart move.

A look at tips from a few of our favorite personal finance bloggers about building a nest egg.

Here's how much you can stash in a 401(k), 403(b), 457, traditional IRA and Roth IRA. Plus, 2014 benefits adjustments for retirees.

This Veterans Day, veterans, plus their widows and widowers, will be given free access to a powerful online tool to help them maximize lifetime benefits from Social Security.

If you succumb to an unhealthy fear of stocks, you've committed one of our seven deadly sins of investing.

These stocks are less sensitive to interest-rate swings than most financials.

On November 11, our powerful online tool will create personalized financial strategies for U.S. veterans.

First, consider that any cost projected out over several decades is bound to look daunting.

Use our strategies to lock in higher lifetime payouts.

Funding a health savings account can help cut your expenses.

We walk you through the choices and tell you how to vet them.

Find out exactly what to ask in order to find a financial adviser that's right for you.

How to determine if the relationship between you and your adviser is no longer working.

As Yogi Berra once said: "You can see a lot just by looking." And nowhere is looking a more powerful tool than in retailing.

I still believe we will emerge from the slow growth in productivity. Nevertheless, it's crimping corporate profits.

Treasury inflation-protected securities will safeguard your buying power.

Some ideas are so far outside my comfort zone that acting on them would surely give me a stomachache.

This no-load fund has beaten its benchmark in six out of the last eight years.

Tax rates on retirement accounts vary widely. Make sure you're being tax-efficient about your withdrawals.

With interest rates so low, you should do all you can to make your money grow faster.

Be prepared for the possibility that you may not get what you were promised. Start saving on your own.

Check to see if you qualify for the 0% capital-gains tax rate.

To make sure your retirement nest egg goes the distance, you need growth as well as income. Rule number one: Don't dump stocks.

Reverse mortgages and longevity insurance will be critical.