Wells Fargo report says few men or women are contributing recommended 10% to their 401(k).
Given the wide range of senior housing options now available, it's important to understand and prepare financially for the inevitable decision that each of your clients will have to make for themselves or a loved one: where should I live as I age? Working in collaboration with The Center for Innovative Care in Aging at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, we focused on the most common housing options available for older adults and their families and some of the considerations that may guide a seniors' housing selection.
They're less willing to take risks with money than men, but they'll ensure the mortgage is paid off.
Today's <i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i> menu: China moves hit T-bonds. Plus: Navigating a bond portfolio through rising rates, El-Erian says the market outlook is rocky, the price of meat is high and going higher, and math doesn't have to be so darn complicated.
While there is no evidence yet that broker-dealers are taking advantage of investors, the potential for harm remains.
Premature withdrawals from retirement accounts have become America's new piggy bank, cracked open in record amounts during lean times by people such as Cindy Cromie, who needed the money to rent a U-Haul and start a new life.
Don't get too caught up in the good times while nontraded REITs are extremely lucrative and lose sight of proper client allocations.
Mary Beth Franklin tackles three questions about Social Security survivor benefits. The questions are similar and the answer may surprise you.
Team to offer professional testimony in court, forensic accounting and other services.
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Private equity giant wants in on liquid alts. Plus: QE might have a fueled high-inflation cycle, the small-cap stock ride is ending, time to get some defense in that portfolio, and the poor outlook for the long-term unemployed
Switching firms 10 years before you expect to leave the industry can provide an extra windfall &ndash; if done correctly
Aggressive monetary easing, a shale oil boom that's lowered energy costs and improving corporate balance sheets give the world's largest economy an edge over other regions.
Optimism about continued support from the Federal Reserve was not enough to prevent the worst recent decline for the Nasdaq Composite Index. Plus, find out which companies took a beating on first quarter earnings.
The duo are seeking to open the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust as the first ETF tracking a virtual asset. The SEC, meanwhile, has issued an alert warning investors about the dangers of such investments.
A new hierarchy is emerging on the variable annuities scene, as some of the largest sellers announce that their first quarter sales are down or flat. Darla Mercado reports.
Advisers working in bank branches alleged that the firm misclassified them to avoid paying for time beyond the traditional 40-hour workweek.
As Fed winds down quantitative easing, interest rate hikes will be the next whammy. But there is some good news in rising house prices.
Agency still urges all Americans to create online accounts
After a mostly frigid 2013 for recruiting from wirehouse brokerages, agents responsible for selling those brokers on the benefits of free agency are cautiously optimistic that a thaw has finally set in.
Wall Street's biggest banks say the slump in emerging-market assets that left equities trailing advanced-nation shares by the most since 1998 last year will prove more than a fleeting selloff.
