Retirement Investing
Spotlighted here are the latest retirement investing tips, as well as in-depth reviews and analysis of retirement investing strategies.
Target-date fund performances hit highs and lows in 2008
By Staff WriterThose who invested in target-date mutual funds might have come out of 2008 either unscathed or forced to delay retirement, according to the Associated Press...
January 09, 2009
Sign of the times?Baby boomers who planned for retirement reported worse losses, on average, than those who didn't plan, according to a Consumer Reports National Research Center poll....
January 08, 2009
More workers are preserving retirement assets, study saysFrom the Employee Benefit Research Institute: An increasing percentage of retirement plan participants are preserving their retirement assets in tax-qualified accounts, but a significant number are...
January 06, 2009
Retirement's slump: just how bad is it right now for boomers?You know things are bad for boomers when AARP says the recession is hitting its members hard. Reuters reports AARP's recent survey of Americans aged...
January 06, 2009
EBRI Updates SiteThe Employee Benefit Research Institute has redesigned its home on the Web.EBRI, Washington, posts its analyses of health, retirement and economic security issues at Document ...
January 05, 2009
Fixed Annuity Sales Surge Should Continue This YearThe 3rd quarter of 2008 will be remembered as the one when all hell broke loose as the economy tanked. But it was also a quarter where estimated fixed annuity sales set another 5-year record, at $27.1 billion.
January 04, 2009
Fixed Annuity Sales Surge Should Continue This YearThe 3rd quarter of 2008 will be remembered as the one when all hell broke loose as the economy tanked. But it was also a quarter where estimated fixed annuity sales set another 5-year record, at $27.1 billion.
January 01, 2009
How much do your children or grandchildren know about your retirement plan?Well, that's a good question that I hadn't given enough thought to. I'm pretty fit for my age, but you never know, do you? Since you have me thinking about, I plan to call my daughter and have a talk with her about the finances.