Retirement Trends

Better job prospects and the cheapest gasoline prices since early 2011 are combining to undergird households spirits at the same time the stock market shows signs of stabilizing.

Uncertainty and skepticism about the market and its ability to sustain growth has meant that both retirement and investor confidence has fallen during the first three quarters of this year.

The idea behind the Thinking Ahead Institute is to "'change investment for the better, which will benefit all participants.

Nearly half of the more than 1,100 full-time employed investors surveyed said they believe they do not pay any fees.

Higher education institutions are increasingly adopting practices more commonly seen in the corporate sector.

In 2013, it says, one-third of retirees received some retirement income from plan-sponsored assets, either their own or a spouses. In 1975, the rate was 21 percent.