Retirement Trends

Stocks are edging higher in early trading on Wall Street, not enough to erase the market's loss for the week.

The funded status of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans improved by a whopping $388 billion in the past year, and $23 billion of that improvement came in July alone.

Retired people now need enough income to live well, while also paying off high levels of personal debt.

The stock market is opening higher after a drop in jobless claims and new evidence that China's economy may be stabilizing.

Stocks are slipping in early trading on Wall Street despite some positive news on the economy.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority said Monday that it has fined Oppenheimer & Co. $1.4 million for selling unregistered penny stock shares and failing to have an adequate compliance program to detect and report suspicious penny-stock transactions.