The personal finance author and radio host explores one way of transitioning to retirement and collecting Social Security.

If you struggle with money — or you have a specific goal to save money going into the new year — following a budget can help you stay on track. Budget worksheets provide a basic layout for tracking ...

Saving for retirement will get a modest boost in 2025 thanks to higher contribution limits and the phase-in of provisions stemming from the Secure 2.0 Act, which became law at the end of 2023.

The retirement age refers to when seniors can receive monthly benefits for the full amount they're entitled to. The benefit can be claimed earlier, starting at age 62, but the payments will be less.

China is raising its statutory retirement ages for the first time since establishing them seven decades ago as an ever-rising proportion of seniors pressures the country's pension systems.

Goodbye, target-date funds. So long, bonds. An all equities portfolio is the far better way to build the largest nest egg possible for retirement; to generate a larger paycheck in retirement ...

"Quiet vacationing" had its moment. "Lazy girl jobs" came and went. The latest workplace buzzword — "micro-retirement" — reflects another shift toward work-life balance among young people.

“Retirement is, well, it’s sort of just a word,” Saalsaa said with a grin while sitting in the kitchen of his Philomath home. “I’m retiring from, basically, the public safety side of life. I will ...

Economist Alicia Munnell, one of the nation’s leading experts on retirement, has some advice that may seem counterintuitive: The key to a successful retirement, she says, is not to retire.

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Joshua Winston, 70, did a pretty good job preparing for retirement: He ran two successful veterinary clinics, made smart investments ...

Many lists that cover the best places to retire include Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, and Australia, but these aren’t realistic options for U.S. retirees. Here why. It’s that time of year ...