The final six months before retirement are some of the most important. During this window, you’ll want to fine-tune your income plan. This means you should assess your tax exposure, make sure your ...

Are you ready to retire? Have you even started a retirement planning checklist? By 2030, one out of five Americans will be retirement age. Every baby boomer will be over 65, and the vanguard of ...

Your 401(k) contributions may not be doing what you think they are.

If retirement is on your radar in the next year or so, here’s a checklist of things to know and do before leaving work. If retirement is on your radar in the next year or so, here’s a checklist of ...

While you might equate open enrollment with health insurance, it’s also a good time to tinker with other employee benefits such as those affecting your retirement. Every year, typically in the fall, ...

Planning for retirement can feel a bit like carefully threading a needle. You want to stop working young enough to enjoy your retirement while also stopping late enough that you don’t end up in a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am the Executive Chairman of Diversified, a CFP and author. Retirement isn’t merely about leaving the workforce; it’s about ...

When it comes to portfolio and financial plan maintenance, I believe that a good once-annual review is plenty, providing the opportunity to rebalance, attend to tax matters like tax-loss selling and ...

Making plans to retire is not something that can — or should — be done on a whim. It takes years of prioritizing, calculating and saving. Before you clock out for that last time, one of the most ...