A small tax increase would make the essential national retirement program secure for decades, our columnist says, but lawmakers would have to take action.
Category: Retirement
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The High-Class Problem That Comes With Home Equity
You may feel richer as you pay your mortgage down and home values go up. Using that equity is another matter entirely.
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How to Create a Strong Financial Plan When You’re Renting Forever
Either by choice or because they are priced out of the market, many people plan to never stop renting. Building wealth without home equity requires a different mind-set.
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A Wealth Shift That Could Leave Some Younger Americans Behind
Assets held by baby boomers are changing hands, but that doesn’t mean their millennial heirs will be set for life.
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The Way Advisers Handle Your Retirement Money Is About to Change
More investment professionals will be required to act in their customers’ best interest when providing advice about their retirement money.
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‘Aging in Place, or Stuck in Place?’
Homeownership is not the boon to older Americans that it once was.
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What to Do When Your 401(k) Leaves Something to Be Desired
Over the course of a career, the high fees and a lower-quality menu of investment options found in some plans can shrink your balance significantly.
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As Gen X-ers Inch Toward Retirement, They’re Considering Where to Live
The oldest members of Generation X are several years from stopping work, but some are already seeking homes that will suit their later years.
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China’s Youth Are Giving Up on Saving for Retirement
Citing a rapidly aging society, difficult job market and uncertainty about the future, some young people are rejecting the idea of saving for old age.
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Tell Us Your Stories About Retirement
If you’ve reinvented your life after retiring from a career, we want to hear how it’s going and any advice you have for others.
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Why BlackRock’s Larry Fink Wants to Rethink Retirement
Larry Fink, who leads the world’s biggest asset manager, warns in his annual investor letter that an aging population will soon pose huge economic troubles.