Retirement

Health care costs are projected to rise so high that a 66-year-old couple retiring this year will require 59% of their Social Security benefits to cover total lifetime retirement health care costs -- but wait, it gets worse.

According to a report from MediaPro, 8 in 10 financial services employees still lack the important knowledge to protect and mitigate preventable cyberthreats.

The new retirement plan for military limits dollar-to-dollar contributions to servicemembers' 401(k)-style accounts -- but the Pentagon hopes to lift that cap, at least for enlisted personnel.

At a time when small employers face few options to help their workers pay for health insurance, an HRA can be just the tonic.

As more retirement investors learn about 'the F-word' -- 'fiduciary' -- the more demand there will be for the services provided by the unit at Wilshire Funds Management headed by Jason Schwarz, who says industry has done a good job complying with the fiduciary rule's impartial conduct standards.

These states are the best and the worst for people who want to improve their health and income in the 5 to 20 years before retirement, LPL Financial's report shows.