Retirement Trends

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. opened its annual shareholders' meeting Friday with the typical fanfare, from singers to dancers, as it plans to make the case it is improving the way it does business overseas and outline new growth opportunities at its annual shareholder meeting Friday.

The stock market is rising in early trading after the government reported a pickup in hiring last month, a positive sign for the U.S. economy.

An encouraging drop in claims for unemployment benefits helped the stock market edge higher in late morning trading Thursday.

A debate is raging among investors and analysts: Has the Federal Reserve inflated a stock market bubble by driving interest rates to record lows?

More than half of advisors believe the global economy will improve over the next 12 months, new research reveals.

MetLifes U.S. Pension Risk Behavior Index this year has reached the highest value it has ever recorded.