The brief golden age of retirement is over, but investing legend Charles Ellis outlines solutions to a potential crisis.
On Friday's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>, average compensation at hedge funds remains gaudy, even with performance down. Plus: Smart beta takes another step out of the shadows, the right way to clean up your portfolio, and the new Congress sets the tone by taking an early swipe at Obamacare.
Amount of repayment determines method.
Incoming Senate finance chairman Orrin Hatch says retirement vehicles are the 'greatest wealth creator' for the middle class, and shouldn't be part of tax reform.
Advisers: There's a client market where your help is sorely needed — it's called skilled labor, and it could see a bump in the ranks.
Don't assume retiree health care benefits provided by companies are forever.
Treasury Dept. met its deadline but significant hurdles remain to get workers signed up.
Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> features a look at how Bill Gross' own money is pumping up his new Janus fund. Plus: The Fed ponders and ponders some more, the surging dollar is poised for a pullback, another Obamacare surprise for tax-filers, and how grandchildren can derail retirement plans.
Retiree benefits increase and so do taxes for high-income workers.
Even though men make $1 to a woman's 77 cents, women were the bigger savers over the past 12 months and for men and women with similar salaries, women average higher balances in their 401(k)s.
'A devastating erosion of service' at the agency over the past five years, according to the national taxpayer advocate
This tax filing season is going to be a little more complicated for freelancers and independent contractors who get health care subsidies.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The Fed's rate hike cycle will be different this time. Plus: Don't overlook the energy sector, new risks facing dividend stocks, and Ecuador as a retirement haven of sorts
New Treasury Dept. guidance pushes insurers to innovate while indexed annuities expected to continue to shine. Darla Mercado reports.
Considering taking time off to help? Leaving the workforce early carries higher costs than you may realize.
But avoid high-grade bonds on the short to intermediate part of the yield curve.
In today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>, markets wonder if the Chinese yuan is the next shoe to drop. Plus: Notes on the default risk rising in China's dollar-denominated debt, President Obama's latest tax grab, and rolling 401(k) assets into a pension plan.
On today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>, brave bond fund managers are starting to gobble up the debt from beaten down energy companies. Plus: Home prices are being held down by oil, top 401(k) plan trends, and what the IPO market looks like for 2015.
The latest data on target date funds through the fourth quarter of 2014, including a look at how J.P. Morgan has thrived in the space.
Target chief's package a stark contrast to still-working retiree living on $1,000 a month
