Retirement Trends

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.

Stocks rallied after the threat of an immediate U.S. attack on Syria became less likely.

Deferred income annuities really came into their own in 2012, reaching nearly $1 billion in sales.

More employers are offering retirement plans and a higher percentage of workers are participating.

New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has unexpectedly lowered the employer contributions to the pension system made by governments, school districts and their taxpayers, which have all been slammed by years of pension cost increases.