Retirement Trends

U.S. stocks fluctuated, after equities rebounded yesterday from a three-day retreat, as investors weighed a private report showing companies added more workers than forecast last month.

Retirees in poor health were less likely than healthier counterparts to select a life annuity, indicating that a persons perceived longevity impacts investment choices

In 2012, the biggest single equity holding in self-directed 401(k) plans was Apple ... followed by the SPDR Gold Trust.

The agency is telling insurance companies that it is taking a hard look at disclosures insurers are making to customers contemplating purchase of deferred annuity riders.

To address those concerns, the new rates, proposed to account for increased longevity assumptions, would be phased in over five years beginning in fiscal 2016-17.

From about January 1988 to December 2013, the four primary defendants helped hundreds of applicants falsely claim disabilities in order to collect disability payments in addition to public pensions, according to the Manhattan District Attorneys office.