Retirement Trends

Mining companies and news of several corporate deals were in focus Monday on an otherwise quiet day on the stock market.

Fidelitys latest Plan Sponsor Attitudes Survey finds that nearly 40 percent of plan sponsors are less-than-satisfied or not satisfied with their advisor.

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.