Retirement savings

Question: I am a self-employed, single, 34-year-old editor with no debt and no mortgage. After four years, I've saved enough to start thinking...

Question: My place of employment utilizes a directed pension option which I've taken advantage of since I began working there. I currently have...

Remember Enron? Workers that placed their 401(k) money into company stock not only lost their jobs when the firm went bankrupt, but much of their...

Question: I am in my mid-50s and have never owned a home just rented, to the amount of about $125K+ in rent since 1997. As I am in the arts, I have...

Question: I just turned 57 and plan on retiring in exactly 4 years. If I can get a 3.5% return on my 401K, IRA and brokerage account and combine it...

Question: I will be 60 in August. I am single and financially independent. I have been teaching for over 20 years in a graduate-level program,...

When considering places to retire to, one usually thinks of warmer climates -- like Florida and Arizona. Not Nebraska and North Dakota. But ac...

Question: My husband and I received a little money over the holidays, specifically $1000, and we are trying to determine what the best thing to do...

Question: Hi, Chris. Recently I returned to corporate life after seven years of working for myself. A few years ago I moved my 401(k) account...

Question: I took money out of my 401K to get my home out of foreclosure because I lost my job. Do I have to pay taxes and penalty on that money?...