Two new surveys zero in on Gen X angst when it comes to retirement savings, why they’re in this mess, and how they’re taking steps to dig themselves out.

Warren Buffett is known as one of the most successful investors of all time. And one of the things that makes him so great is that through the years, he’s been more than willing to dish out advice to help everyday people achieve their financial goals.

Think of the "Best of Both Worlds" or total return retirement spending rule as the 4% rule on steroids — retirees live off both the income and investment returns. The rest continues to grow and compound. It works like this:

The $23,760 Social Security bonus most retirees completely overlook › A big part of enjoying retirement to the fullest is knowing how to plan for it financially. To do that, you need to keep tabs on changes related to retirement savings,

Honestly, it felt good to leave a place where I felt disrespected and tired of being snapped at by management. Bosses laid a “happy retirement” card on my desk and walked away. When I opened it later in front of some co-workers, we all were shocked when not even a gift card fell out. Kind words written, but I was confused.

Living on a fixed income requires thoughtful planning and spending. Follow these five tips to ensure that you don’t outlive your savings in retirement.

Finance expert Dave Ramsey has a lot of unconventional takes. For example, he believes that you don’t need to care about your credit score at all and that you should avoid debt at all costs, not even using credit cards as a tool to earn rewards.

Self-directed individual retirement accounts (SDIRAs) are traditional or Roth IRAs with expanded investment options. SDIRAs allow you to invest in more diversified assets, such as precious metals, real estate,

Most Americans fear a financial crisis could upend their retirement—but still haven’t planned for it. Here’s how to build a resilient, crisis-ready plan.

Are you concerned you’re not saving enough for your later years, or don’t know how to find your lost pensions? Email us at [email protected]. We’ll seek to get you on the right track with help from some of the best financial experts and advisers in the business.

For Democrats seeking to return the House to their party's hands, retirement announcements are a window of opportunity. Congressional retirements can be a key barometer ahead of the midterm elections, an indicator of how much churn could be coming to Capitol Hill in the coming cycle.

Consider parking some or most of your long-term dollars in index funds. They can make life easy, as you won't have to study the universe of stocks (and/or bonds), making buy-and-sell decisions. Instead, just keep adding money to one or more index funds and let their holdings do the work of growing for you over many years, if not decades.