Retirement Trends

Women fall behind men in planning for retirement for lots of reasons, but what can advisors do to help?

Signs of improvement in the U.S. economy emerged this week, and the jobs report the government will issue Friday will show whether that strength is fueling consistent hiring gains.

According to Mercers latest data, the funded ratio of these plans remained at 89 percent, which is 15 percent higher than it was at the end of 2012.

Generation Y learned a lot about finances during the Great Recession and took more positive financial action since 2008 than any other generation.

While the average 401(k) balance can, over time, provide a sense of the direction in which things are moving, it tells you very little about the adequacy of the overall average savings to fund an individual retirement.

The change was a godsend to companies experiencing cash flow issues, but Fitch Ratings, among others, doesn't think it's the best way to go.