But what if, just after you do the courtesy of announcing your retirement, your employer decides to show you the door ahead ...

Across all tax regimes investigated, the one-time Roth conversion yields the best final balance. Using this method, an investor will yield an average difference in final balances of $110,000 over the ...

If you still have five years before you make the leap to retirement, there are things you can do to set yourself up for a comfortable lifestyle.

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Bereaved families will soon be lumbered with daunting new bureaucracy that will cause misery, extra costs and the risk of ...

The American middle class is also said to be shrinking. According to Pew Research, the share of Americans who are in ...

From cutting savers’ annual cash ISA allowance to speculation over higher taxes on savings income, we explore the potential ...

As workers change jobs, more retirement accounts are being left behind.

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Remarriage may affect your Social Security benefits. If your prior marriage ended because your spouse died, and you remarry ...

You've probably got a lot on your end-of-year to-do list -- holiday shopping, meal prep, maybe a trip to plan. You may have ...

I need to pay for an expense of about $10,000. I have the money available, both in a high-yield savings account (short-term return of 3.5%) and in investments (index fund with a long-term return of 7% ...