Depending on your age and your employer, a defined benefit pension could significantly shape your retirement outlook. The ...

Nonportfolio income sources like Social Security and annuities can help investors during periods of market volatility. Giles: Before we go any further, what are the main types of guaranteed income ...

Learn what annuities are, how fixed, variable, indexed, immediate, and deferred annuities work, and how they can help provide steady retirement income.

Social Security benefits lost 20% of buying power between 2010 and 2024. COLAs use CPI-W which underweights healthcare and housing costs relative to senior spending patterns. Social Security benefits ...

Your early-fifties is an excellent time to start making a retirement budget. In your 40s, you risk jumping the gun. You're ...

As employees struggle with extending their savings well into retirement, a new collaboration between Vanguard and TIAA is set to accelerate retirement security by embedding guaranteed lifetime income ...

Despite an ever-changing macroeconomic environment, plan sponsors remain dedicated to offering workforce retirement benefits in the long term. According to MetLife’s 2025 Enduring Retirement Model ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Teresa Ghilarducci Ph.D. is an Economics Professor. There’s no shortage of turmoil around Social Security and retirement security ...

Want some insurance with that managed account? Or how about wrapped around your target-date mutual fund? A number of companies are rolling out new hybrid products that wrap a guaranteed lifetime ...

Leaders and employees are at odds over retirement readines s, but just a few key changes to organizations' strategies could help smooth things out. Processing Content Over half of plan sponsors ...

Many middle-class retirees assume that claiming Social Security early won't matter much. Here's why that belief backfires and ...