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November 11, 2009
At age 55, Dorothy Mench opted to retire from her 26-year career in equity trading operations at a brokerage firm in Chicago when it reorganized. This fall, she's ...
November 11, 2009
After 25 years of climbing her first ladder at Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Gina Cassinelli knew it was time for a change. "All of a sudden, you wake up and you say…I...
November 11, 2009
Ah, retirement! Before the 1950s it was something only the wealthy could afford to do. Everyone else needed an income, and most folks struggled to get by in the ...
August 18, 2009
As defined benefit plans fade into history, more American workers are confronting the fact that they will need to be much more active in deciding how to marshal their ...
July 22, 2009
More than a century ago, Weyerhaeuser (WY) began operations in America's Northwest as a logging company. Like many other frontier businesses, the job was hazardous. ...
June 22, 2009
As the first cohort of the baby boom generation this year hits 63—which is the average age of retirement in the U.S.—the big question is: Are they ...
June 8, 2009
Federal entitlement programs are critical to retirement security, but these programs are rapidly moving into the red. New projections by the trustees of the Social ...
April 24, 2009
It could have been worse. At the end of February—a year and change since my wife and I had shifted our money to professional wealth management advisers—our...
April 1, 2009
The high cost of long-term health care will drag down the quality of life for nearly two-thirds of today's retirees. It can cost $77,000 a year for a nursing home room...
March 17, 2009
In times like these, it's tempting to squirrel away your hard-earned fortune in the safest place you can find: a federally insured bank, government debt, or maybe, if ...
March 17, 2009
The rise in corporate layoffs over the last 15 months is leaving more people, especially those close to retirement age, scrambling to find health insurance they can ...
March 17, 2009
When it comes to building, or rebuilding, your retirement nest egg during your peak salary years, from age 40 to 55, the investing choices most people make to achieve ...
March 17, 2009
As it becomes clearer just how seriously the financial crisis and recession have hurt Americans' retirement savings, the issue is taking on new prominence in ...
March 17, 2009
Two 22-year-olds are just starting their careers and beginning to save and invest. One devotes half his salary to quickly paying off student loans, with the goal of ...
March 17, 2009
There is a major social and cultural message in the current economic collapse to the future retirees of the U.S.: Forget retirement. That's right. The recession is ...
January 24, 2009
Investors are being haunted by the threat of inflation, despite the fact that real inflation is nowhere to be seen. The effects of inflation on an investor's portfolio...
January 23, 2009
By Lynn O'Shaughnessy Congress hoped to help the typical retiree by eliminating mandatory withdrawals from tax-deferred retirement accounts in 2009, but it missed the ...
January 21, 2009
There is a major social and cultural message in the current economic collapse for the future retirees of America: Forget retirement. That's right. The recession is ...
November 10, 2008
Editor's Note: This is an updated version of a story that was originally published on Nov. 5, 2007. Talk to people between ages 55 and 65 and they'll tell you: An ...
September 19, 2008
Remember the Bush Administration's push to partially privatize Social Security? The privatization advocates warned that insolvency loomed unless dramatic changes were ...
September 10, 2008
In the wake of the historic government bailout of Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE), investors wonder which bank will fail next. Indeed, images of customers lined...
August 11, 2008
Many studies have shown that women lag behind men in saving for retirement. In a 2008 survey of more than 1,300 workers or retirees over age 25 by nonpartisan Employee...
June 5, 2008
Due to common pension plan requirements and Social Security rules, ages 55, 60, 62, and 65 often surface as benchmarks in retirement planning. But planning for your ...
May 2, 2008
Investment losses, job loss or downsizing, an upward adjustment on your adjustable rate mortgage, and higher prices on everything from gas for your car to rice for the...
March 4, 2008
So far the Presidential campaign has focused on foreign policy, immigration, health care, and, of course, the broader economy. But candidates Clinton, McCain, Obama, ...
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