Investment Instruments

Is there an alternative to the standard 4 percent withdrawal? How about basing your non-RMD rate on the RMD itself, or factoring life expectancy into the mix?

Stock markets retreated due to global worries about the impact of the eurozone debt crisis and as investors awaited a key speech by the U.S. central bank chief.

Despite an improving U.S. job and housing markets, consumer confidence fell to the lowest level it's been since November 2011.

More companies are now offering a 401(k) match to their employees than were before the 2008 financial crisis, according to new data by Charles Schwab.

State employees want the North Carolina treasurer to answer questions about why the state's pension fund used a firm that invested in Facebook stock.

Toronto Dominion Bank will sell its American insurance holdings to USI Insurance Services, which hopes the acquistion will boost its revenues by $58 million a year.