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Market reports usually include pricing pressures and geographic risk factors that turn complex data into practical guidance for retirement planning.
The Securities and Exchange Commission and three defendants in a civil enforcement case, including prominent social media influencer Taino “Tai” Lopez, say settlement negotiations are heating up.
Jamie Hopkins and Bonnie Treichel co-wrote the recently published Your Retirement Sketchbook: 125 Retirement Planning Lessons from Financial Experts.
The majority of women now report being the chief financial officer in their household, according to the latest Women Money Power Study from the Allianz Center for the Future of Retirement, part of Allianz Life.
MassMutual reported “excellent” financial results for 2025, driven by strong sales, record operating earnings, and growth of its wealth management…
Understanding the options when retirement comes before Medicare eligibility.
As Medicare limitations and cost pressures become more visible, long-term care is increasingly shaping how Americans think about affordability, independence and stability.
The Department of Labor on Thursday unveiled a proposed rule to clarify how businesses and workers determine whether a job qualifies someone as an independent contractor.
Americans who don’t have access to a 401(k) account through their employer could see that change under a proposal announced by President Donald Trump during his State of the Union address Tuesday night.
Equitable published a new study, “PEAK 35TM: Guiding a New Generation of Wealth,”exploring how millennials are both building and inheriting wealth.
The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors submitted formal comments to the Internal Revenue Service in response to Notice 2025-68 regarding the implementation of Section 530A Trump Accounts.
The SECURE Act and SECURE 2.0 were the biggest changes the retirement plan industry has seen in a long time.
A recent study reveals a surprising generational divide in retirement planning and looks at how generations differ in their approach.
Long-term care has always been an essential piece of retirement planning discussions.
Middle-class households face worsening cost pressures for the first time since October 2024, according to the American Council of Life Insurers.
According to MetLife research, less than half of America’s workforce is holistically healthy, as employees battle rising costs and employers balance investing in benefits.
Tools that once felt unfamiliar have quietly become a part of daily life. AI is following a similar path.
The SEC alleges that the get-rich-quick investment tips offered by prominent social media influencer Taino “Tai” Lopez were little more than Ponzi-style scams.
More firms are highly concerned about their workers’ financial well-being, with most benefit decision-makers and workers agreeing that their company has a responsibility to ensure their employees are physically, mentally and financially well.
First, the estimated $90 billion to $100 billion increase in refunds, a result of several provisions of the budget law enacted last year, amounts to only about 0.3% of annual gross domestic product. But IRS figures show that it's difficult for any tax cut not to land mostly in the bank accounts of the affluent. In the 2022 tax year, the most recent for which such…