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With the average worker changing jobs every five years, here's a look at four approaches to handling existing 401(k) plan balances.
Whether in your 20s and just starting out or you're nearing retirement, a holistic financial plan that's about more than investments is key.
Target-date funds are increasingly popular in 401(k) plans, but financial advisors say they aren't always the best fit for every investor.
Moving in retirement can have a major impact on living standards, target retirement dates and even the health of a marriage, say advisors.
Bankers Life recently ranked 60 U.S. metro areas in order of health and affordability for retirees. A look at the top 10 cities.
Pensions are a thing of the past, so millennial workers must plan and save for their own retirements, but technology can step in and help.
Some advisors say age-based 529 plan portfolios, which ignore economic ups and downs, are too "cookie-cutter" for many parents' needs.
A new survey from CareerCast.com finds that 6 of the 10 top-paying jobs are in health care-related fields.
Research reveals millennials are wary of stock markets, so financial advisors are trying new ways to court and counsel 20-something clients.
Retirement portfolio strategies vary, and advisors use terms such as "buckets" and "paychecks" to explain these approaches to clients.
With Social Security in peril, CNBC's Sharon Epperson talks to three financial advisors about contingency strategies for Gen Y investors.
A new study finds that one-fifth of Americans lend adult kids or parents financial help, with millennials the most generous generation.
Gen Y investors may or may not be more risk-averse than others, but they definitely exhibit specific generational preferences.
In goals-based investing, each financial goal is invested independently, with its own time horizon, asset allocation and risk profile.
Many put off planning for retirement or think it's too late, but investors at any age can take steps to secure their financial futures.
It's never too early or too late to save for retirement. Here's a decade-by-decade checklist of investment to-dos to keep you on track.
ETF Edge, hosted by Bob Pisani, is dedicated to the fastest growing investing trend right now: ETFs.
Christina Farr will be covering the latest in health tech and investing in the space.
Unless the inequitable lack of access to private markets is addressed, retirement savers will continue to be deprived of the ability to participate in high-growth business models and feel markets operate for the benefit of well-connected "insiders."
Saving more for retirement is the fifth-most-popular New Year's resolution in a new survey. Here's a look, in broad strokes, at six other — out of a legion of possible — retirement-related moves you might consider making for 2019.
As the Dow tanks and tech stocks enter a bear market, there is no end to panicky headlines about the stampede to cash and bonds. The truth is that wealthy investors have been in fixed income and cash since well before the recent volatility started.
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