20 Apr 2017 - Studies have found that Americans in their retirement years gradually lose the ability to manage their money. In other words, the ability to answer basic financial literacy questions wanes as age increases.

10 Mar 2017 - Couples usually approach their golden years as a team, but not always when it comes to planning. Only about one third of couples have even discussed their retirement plans.

16 Sep 2016 - Retirement should be time of relaxation and reflection, not panic. For many people, the realities of what it takes to retire have snuck up on them.

22 Jun 2016 - Most people assume that once you retire, your spending pattern will be the same year-to-year. Research has shown that this, in fact, is not the case. Two studies came to the same conclusion. We spend more at the beginning of retirement and again towards the end. The graph of a retiree is spending pattern looks like a big smile.

7 Jan 2016 - One important area of your financial well-being you should be thinking about in January is retirement. The good news is that Americans saved more in 2015 - 5.1% up from 4.6% in 2013. The bad news is that less of this money went to retirement funds.