For the first time since Harry Truman was president, Americans are set to reach retirement age in worse financial shape than the prior generation. The…

Reports indicating just how little many Americans have saved for retirement keep on coming. Northwestern Mutual’s 2018 Planning and Progress Study, based…

Last week, we featured an article authored by Teresa Ghilarducci and Tony James that appeared in the Harvard Business Review. The article focuses largely…

A recent Harvard Business Review article indicates that over the past four decades, changes prompted by corporate America have placed workers and the…

One of the most difficult aspects of preparing for retirement is projecting one’s future living costs. After all, it’s not easy to determine how much…

You may have heard of the so-called gig economy – the one in which people earn money not at regular jobs, but by occasionally engaging in activities that…

As we discussed last week, there is a conventional wisdom that one needs about $1 million to retire comfortably, that may or may not be true. Given that…

Every once in a while, an organization will publish their rankings of the best and worst states or cities for retirement. Bankrate recently did just that,…

A report from the National Institute on Retirement Security entitled 'Millennials and Retirement: Already Falling Short,' further contributes to our…

Many of us plan retirement for years. We contribute to our 401ks. We pick out a place in Florida. We tell our kids and grandkids that it’s going to be OK,…

A recent Forbes article concludes that there are 8.5 million older workers and their spouses who will experience downward mobility in retirement absent…

There continues to be much discussion regarding America’s retirement crisis. Far too many people lack adequate retirement savings, and face diminished…