Choosing when to retire — and ensure you have enough money to last throughout your golden years — is a critical decision.

Rather than waiting until you reach that breaking point, consider the following checklist of preretirement activities. These ...

Map out a budget for the first 10 years of retirement. Formulate a Social Security strategy. Make sure your anticipated withdrawal rate is safe. Determine a sequence with which you’ll tap your ...

A client I’ve had for years recently retired. She had been thinking about stepping down for some time and had spent the last few years in an increasingly uncomfortable role. A once eager and positive ...

Retirement planning looks different in your 20s, 40s, and 70s. See savings benchmarks by age and the retirement moves to ...

The biggest obstacle for many Americans retiring early is money. How much you spend is, in many ways, more important than how much you make. A key sign that you could be in a good position to retire ...

Are you thinking about retiring in the next few years? If so, you must understand how to determine if you're really ready to leave the workforce and live without a paycheck. Fortunately, there are ...

Workers often focus solely on their retirement savings balance. But figuring out how you want to spend the rest of your life could be job No. 1. By Brian J. O’Connor How much time is 20 years? It’s ...

Their simplicity makes the funds appealing, but they could leave many workers near retirement, particularly baby boomers, short on savings. By Brian J. O’Connor Target-date mutual funds are promoted ...