Retirement Trends

U.S. stocks continued a two-day slide Thursday on weak economic data and concern about the Federal Reserve's resolve to keep juicing the market.

The stock market posted its biggest loss this year on news that Federal Reserve officials suggested the central bank scale back its effort to keep borrowing costs low.

A majority of older American households spend less than they make, but in 2009, more than 14 percent of older households spent well beyond their means.

South Carolina's pension fund investments rebounded in the second half of last year, pushing earnings above 12 percent for 2012 after fees.

New research by LIMRA found that Generations X and Y don't know much about investing or financial products.

Thirty-two percent of Americans could be seriously in debt, according to a new survey by the Personal Finance Employee Education Foundation.