Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. She previously worked at Bloomberg News and has written for national news outlets ...

Americans are missing out on hundreds of billions of dollars in lost retirement cash because of a simple, forehead-slapping mistake in managing their IRA accounts. That’s the conclusion of new ...

Getting started with an IRA is easy. The hard part is finding a good broker to open an IRA -- a broker that offers the features, functionality, and investment choices that fit your personal goals. Let ...

Many investors unknowingly make a costly mistake when rolling their money from a 401(k) plan to an individual retirement account: leaving their money in cash. Stream Connecticut News for free, 24/7, ...

Vanguard's new Retirement Outlook report is a mixed bag. The bad: Baby boomers and Gen X may be in a heap of trouble. The good: The generations coming behind may be in better shape. The report’s ...

Here are some of the best brokers or robo-advisors to use when you’re setting up your IRA.

Vanguard is perhaps better known for index funds, and TradeStation is known as a broker for high-volume traders, but both companies enable investors to invest in stocks, options, funds and more by ...

When Andy Reed was 17, his dad told him to start making IRA contributions with his summer earnings. He did so diligently for the next five summers. Then he checked his balance and saw the account hadn ...

Investors are losing out on millions of dollars in growth because IRA rollovers and contributions are too hard to understand When Andy Reed was 17, his dad told him to start making IRA contributions ...