Retirement Blog

When it comes to finances, parents of adult children should remember the advice you get on the airplane: “Apply your own oxygen mask first.”

Before you quit your job and devote yourself to caring for someone else, calculate the costs and make sure it’s the best decision.

The average U.S. millionaire is 61 and invests his or her money in domestic stocks, cash, CDs, ETFs, bonds and mutual funds.

Olympic athletes outdo most of us from physical standpoint and they lead the way in managing their finances, according to a study by TD Ameritrade.

Institutional investors such as pension funds have investment return targets. Should the individual investor have them too?

Cash balance plans are increasingly popular. Congratulations, if you are offered one. Here are three reasons to give it a little love.

Whether you are a boomer or a member of the older silent or GI generations — if you are healthy, you are probably not eager to just sit on the porch.

Letting taxes on qualified dividends rise at the end of the year isn’t just a problem for rich people.

Roger Groen, 78, is still picking up garbage in the Chicago suburbs — and liking the job — but most of us won’t be staying on the job that long.

One of the decisions that most people have to make when they turn 65 is whether to choose traditional Medicare or a Medicare Advantage plan.