Today's menu: Risk is on! Plus: Nasdaq 100 nears 13-year high, Yellen sees housing trouble but can only watch, treating homeownership like a real investment, where money managers are made, and Congress proves to be the sweetest gig of all.
Companies eager to “de-risk” their long-term pension obligations are expected to increasingly offer voluntary one-time lump sum payments to former employees as an alternative to a pension's stream of lifetime income.
Although Roth IRAs have been available since 1997, changes in recent years to the U.S. tax code have made these retirement savings accounts more popular than ever. Here, with apologies to the Bard, are some pointers for advisers.
Five-year rally restores $14 trillion to U.S. equity values, helping push participation rate of working Americans to 40-year lows.
If second marriage ends, the first one may still count
Millions of people have no idea about the true value of the benefits they have earned throughout their careers. One reader finds that claiming after age 66 can result in retroactive benefits; another beneficiary was leaving $1,000 a month on the table.
The inability to manage money is one of the earliest indications that a client may have Alzheimer's disease
A cost-benefit analysis of a new regulation came up short when it only counted dollars. Then, regulators asked how much more a young child's life is worth.
New retirees can use monthly rather than annual earnings limit.
But break-even period can be at least 20 years.
Earnings restrictions disappear at full retirement age.
Congresswoman encourages growth in number of female financial advisers.
The Martins lived in short-term rental apartments from Mexico to Turkey and England to Argentina. But how practical is the lifestyle?
Earning power needs to be factored in to all retirement plans
A New York regulator alleges that the insurer limited the returns of legacy variable annuity clients.
The SEC charged a pair of brokers, an investment adviser and others in an $80 million variable annuity scam that an SEC official called a "calculated fraud exploiting terminally ill patients."
The entirety of estates that are only 5% over the exemption are now subject to the tax. Some NYers are considering charitable gifts to winnow the size of their assets; others may move.
Senator calls for changes that would encourage retirement-age workers to work longer
New retirees can use monthly rather than annual earnings limit if they want to avoid a reduction in their Social Security benefits. In 2014, a person younger than full retirement age for the entire year is considered “retired” if monthly earnings are $1,290 or less.
