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For a long time, the standard narrative for retirement was straightforward: work until 65, the benchmark age to collect retirement benefits set by the Social Security Act of 1935, then retire. Later ...

Some Gen Zers don’t think they need to save for retirement, according to a new NerdWallet survey. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate ...

Christine Benz, Morningstar’s director of personal finance and retirement planning, recommends the hybrid approach. “The idea here is that you’re kind of splitting the difference between the two ...

The retirement planning landscape has shifted dramatically over the past decade. With traditional pensions becoming increasingly rare and Social Security facing long-term funding challenges, Americans ...

The vast majority of older adults say they want to live out their years in their own homes rather than in institutional assisted-living or nursing facilities. Doing so successfully takes a combination ...

That would mean a median earner would need savings of about $605,000 if their retirement spending was assumed to increase ...