Retirement savings and college funding are two critical financial goals that often compete for priority in a family’s budget. Parents want to provide their children with the best education possible, ...

Future retirees could lose hundreds of thousands in benefits, with nearly a million dollars in lifetime losses for married couples in mass affluent households, unless stakeholders take action to ...

Keep reading to learn nine money moves to make now, to help ensure financial stability throughout your golden years.

Social Security won’t be enough for many to get through retirement — yet many Americans are relying heavily (or solely) on it to fund their golden years. More than half (52%) of working Americans ...

Busy with their three kids and living primarily on a single income, Drew, 35, and Emily, 34, feel like they’re playing catch-up on retirement savings. College funding for their three children--ages 5, ...

A crisis-ready retirement plan is diversified across income types, taxes, and time horizons. Don’t forget to take into account often-overlooked risks, too, such as long-term care, inflation, and ...

Amid a rising national debt and fears about the fiscal stability of Social Security, the idea of raising the retirement age to balance the program’s books is garnering more attention. But doing so ...

There’s long been talk of a looming retirement crisis in the US. However, our research suggests a more nuanced reality. In our new report, my colleague Jack VanDerhei and I analyzed the likelihood ...

The inherent value in maintaining an emergency fund never loses its importance, even as you get closer to (or even enter) ...