The reality is sobering: The average 401 (k) balance of a Gen Xer is about $190,000, while the average balance for Boomers ...

There are five pathways to retirement, each having its own risk profile for adjustment distress and mental health complications. Are you on a low, moderate, or high-risk pathway?

Where you put your savings has a huge impact on how much money you wind up with in retirement. It's no secret that you need a ...

Find out when SSI and Social Security retirement and disability benefits arrive in March 2026, plus COLA and tax changes.

After decades of imagining retirement as either sweet escape or boundless adventure, I discovered it's actually just waking ...

Social Security benefits play a vital role in reducing poverty in every state, and they lift more people above the poverty line than any other program in the United States. Without Social Security, 23 ...

Starting this year, some tax breaks will be off-limits for some retirement savers. That’s because of a new provision from ...

At 68, I've discovered that most of us over 65 are exhausting ourselves performing social scripts for an audience that ...

Federal Reserve data show how Americans in their mid-60s to early 70s handle retirement savings, income, and spending as they adjust to life after full-time work.

Deciding when to claim Social Security feels like standing at a crossroads with no clear signpost. Turn left at sixty two, or wait until seventy? The choice you make echoes through every single month ...