Like millions of Americans, Alicia and Chu Gomez are experiencing the waves of an uncertain, see-sawing market.

This would take a 66-year-old couple to age 96, approximately the life expectancy used in many retirement plans. Adding 4% of $715,000, or $28,600, to $32,400 from Social Security completes the ...

Your family home served you well, but your retirement nest egg shouldn’t go toward ongoing home maintenance and monthly costs ...

Perhaps the most daunting challenge facing today’s retirees is longevity risk – the possibility that retirement savings will be depleted while the retiree is still living. With life expectancies ...

Lower energy prices have dampened the annual increase in what it costs to retire, comfortably or otherwise, according to an ...

Health care is one of the biggest wild cards in retirement. Fidelity estimates that a 65-year-old couple retiring in 2024 will spend around $165,000 on medical expenses over their retirement years.

How to think about the best ways to utilize your retirement and health care benefits when you may be older, or younger, than ...

"Who knows what's going to happen next?" said one soon-to-be retiree. "It's not like we're 30 and we can recoup." ...

For older couples, “cohabiting offers many of the ... In one study, using data from the national Health and Retirement Study, Dr. Carr and her co-author, Shinae L. Choi of the University of ...