If you're looking for a way to quickly improve your retirement readiness, you might decide to max out your 401 (k). The high ...

Financial Planners say while parents may think it sounds like it's a good jumpstart for college savings, it's better for your child's retirement.

You’ve contributed to your 401 (k) for years, maybe even decades. But according to Tony Robbins, there may be a hidden cost eating away at your savings: fees that could ultimately rob you of an entire ...

Do you like paying more in taxes than you have to? Probably not. Overpaying on taxes is one of the most common and avoidable ...

You don’t have to choose just one. Life insurance and Roth IRAs can work in tandem to provide retirement income.

Although the money you save in a traditional individual retirement account (IRA) is often tax-deferred, the value of the IRA ...

A required minimum distribution (RMD) is the minimum amount you must withdraw from your traditional IRA, SEP IRA, SIMPLE IRA, 401 (k), 403 (b), or 457 (b) accounts once a year. No matter when you ...

Liz Weston, Certified Financial Planner, is a personal finance columnist for NerdWallet. Questions may be sent to her at 3940 ...

If you have no one to look after your children’s interests, then you’ll need to consider hiring a professional fiduciary or ...

Wouldn’t it be great if we could work for 30-40 years, retire, and be taken care of financially for the rest of our lives? Fifty years ago, when people didn’t live as long and ...

A 26-year-old lawyer in New York City wants to know if they're on track for retirement, but the most important factors aren't ...

Different beneficiaries have different rules. Spouse beneficiaries will ultimately have much more flexibility with how they ...