Whether you’re 23 or 35, it’s important to know whether you are saving enough for your retirement. There is no time like the present to ensure you are allocating enough funds to your retirement account. With folks routinely living into their 80s and 90s, it’s more important than ever to ensure your money lasts [...]
Is the conventional wisdom for everyone? Questioning traditional assumptions about retirement planning can be illuminating. Some retirement planners and economists argue that they need to be reexamined. Does most retirement planning focus on the future at the expense of the present? One noted economist makes that case. Laurence Kotlikoff, the former White House economic advisor [...]
Employers are focusing on their employees’ financial wellness and retirement readiness in 2013, according to a survey of 425 employers (representing 11 million employees) conducted by Aon Hewitt. Workers need 11 times their annual salary to have a financially secure retirement, but the average worker has a savings shortfall of 2.2 times their annual salary, [...]
