Beneficiary designations are one of the major gaps in many retirement and estate plans. A recent court case shows the ...

Probably not, even if you're in your 70s or 80s, but it depends on your circumstances and the kind of annuity you're ...

The SECURE 2.0 Act helped pave the way for employers to offer workers annuities in their retirement plans. Most recently, Vanguard began offering employees regular payouts within 401(k) plans. An ...

Retiring from federal service is a major life milestone—but let's be honest, the process isn't exactly crystal clear. With more federal employees choosing early retirement through programs like VERA ...

Retirees could lose up to a quarter of their Social Security benefits if the program’s trust fund runs dry within the next decade. A workplace pension can provide a guaranteed income to supplement ...

Retirement used to mean slowing down, watching the nest egg shrink, and hoping everything would be okay. These days, a growing number of people across the globe want more from their golden years.

House Bill 38 would allow educators to join the Supplemental Benefits System and finally achieve parity with other state ...

This means your earliest, lowest-paid working years often don’t affect your final benefit calculation — as long as you ...

Lucy Lazarony is an experienced personal finance journalist and writer who got her start in 1998 writing about financial topics. She writes accessible and easy-to-understand articles about credit, ...