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If the fees in the new 401(k) are lower than the IRA, consider combining the two.
While most people dream of the day they can retire, many college professors plan to put it off or work until their final years.
Changing jobs and want to rollover your 401(k)? The 401(k) provider at your next workplace is not your best source of information.
It's easy to put off the tasks you should do before you leave work for good. Don't wait to make plans.
Nationally, seniors are living on a median household income of $35,107 -- roughly 57% of the median income of their younger counterparts, according to a recent survey.
Across the country, law enforcement officials are warning seniors of an increase in so-called 'grandparent scams,' in which fraudsters are impersonating a grandchild in distress -- and in need of cash.
Wayne and Susan Brandenburg met at Wal-Mart, where she was a cashier. Seven years later, they got married in the store's layaway department a few feet from where they met.
Federal and state officials are taking a critical look at so-called "pension advances," deals they say are digging retirees and military veterans deep into debt, while also putting individual investors at risk.
If they don't start paying off debt and saving more, Gen Xers will be on track to retire financially worse off than the generations before them, according to the Pew Charitable Trusts.
Unexpected setbacks, ranging from stock market declines to suddenly supporting an adult child, have taken a major hit to Baby Boomers' retirement savings, according to a recent survey from Ameriprise Financial.
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