Retirement savings and college funding are two critical financial goals that often compete for priority in a family’s budget. Parents want to provide their children with the best education possible, ...

Busy with their three kids and living primarily on a single income, Drew, 35, and Emily, 34, feel like they’re playing catch-up on retirement savings. College funding for their three children--ages 5, ...

There’s long been talk of a looming retirement crisis in the US. However, our research suggests a more nuanced reality. In our new report, my colleague Jack VanDerhei and I analyzed the likelihood ...

Future retirees could lose hundreds of thousands in benefits, with nearly a million dollars in lifetime losses for married couples in mass affluent households, unless stakeholders take action to ...

Social Security won’t be enough for many to get through retirement — yet many Americans are relying heavily (or solely) on it ...

We recently compiled a list of the 8 Best Vanguard Funds to Invest In for Retirees. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Vanguard Target Retirement 2050 Fund (NASDAQ:VFIFX) stands ...

Imagine that you’re 60 years old with $800,000 in retirement savings and $4,000 in monthly living expenses. However, you want to wait until age 65 to claim Social Security, so you need to find a way ...

Amid a rising national debt and fears about the fiscal stability of Social Security, the idea of raising the retirement age to balance the program’s books is garnering more attention. But doing so ...