Retirement Trends

Gone are the days when a plan could charge 2 percent or even 2.5 percent in fees. The average today is somewhere between 1 percent and 2 percent.

Despite all the noise about fees and investment performance, the key metric of every retirement plan should be retirement readiness.

Fitch Ratings has lowered the bond rating outlook for Connecticut and New Orleans, citing burdensome pension obligations among its reasons.

Investors stayed calm on the first day of a partial shutdown of the U.S. government Tuesday and sent the stock market modestly higher.

Researchers concluded that in many industries, individuals will retire at 61 despite theories suggesting otherwise.

Stocks fell on Friday as investors focused on the risk that the U.S. government could shut down next week.