An Individual Retirement Account (IRA) is one of the most powerful personal retirement tools in 2026 — offering either ...

This retirement account may seem appealing because of the freedom it affords, but it will cause you to bleed precious money ...

Federal Reserve data show how much Americans ages 18–34 have saved for retirement, how participation in retirement plans is ...

The new year has just begun and income tax deadlines are months away, but there's one thing to start considering now. Many ...

For decades, individual retirement accounts have been used primarily by wealthier households as a way to roll over funds from employer-sponsored 401(k) plans. But a new study from the Center for ...

Maybe you have already dipped your toe into the alphabet soup of possibilities for retirement savings and felt overwhelmed. Or perhaps you do not know much about your retirement savings account ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed ...

Growing a retirement account to $1 million depends heavily on how early you start investing. At a conservative 6% annual rate of return, a 35-year-old needs to save about $863 per month to reach $1 ...

And how much is enough? I ask Carl Richards this question because he hosts a podcast about financial planning and raises this ...

Early withdrawals are generally subject to a 10% penalty, in addition to normal income taxes. But there are lots of exceptions—including some new ones. Here’s the latest. One source Americans consider ...

After a dip in the opening months of the year, American retirement savers are once again seeing record balances in their accounts, according to new data from Fidelity Investments. In its latest ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order in August that aims to expand 401(k) options to include private equity and other alternative assets. A panel recently looked at what this executive ...