A precise retirement savings target has several benefits. It helps you figure out how much to put into 401(k)s and other investment accounts each month and how to arrange your investments so you ...

Social Security will replace only about 40% of your salary, on average. A solid financial plan will help you plug the gap so ...

Most people enter retirement without any idea how to manage withdrawing their savings without running out of money. Here is ...

So if we’re looking at our spending and then we’re subtracting out our Social Security income, what we’re left over with is our anticipated demands on our portfolio in retirement. And so you ...

Most retirement planners agree that you'll need about 80% of your pre-retirement income to sustain the same quality of life after you retire, so: First, take your current household income (pre-tax ...

And so I encourage people before they retire to be really strategic about how they’re going to access the money they need for the first five years, and if you’re conservative like me, ...

So I think in our next episode we're going to tackle whether you and your spouse or partner should retire at the same time. Looking forward to that one. Dana: Yes, we are.

So I paid visits first to Nancy Boyarsky, 87, who lives in West L.A., and then to Duane Lance Filer, 71, who lives in Carson.. Boyarsky toils in a back room drenched in natural light, her cat Roxy ...

so, you know, there you go. you retire, and maybe you want to work some more bottom line, create structure, stay busy. exactly. all right. catherine, we always appreciate your insight.

The "full" retirement age is currently set at 67 years old, but you can begin collecting Social Security benefits as early as the age of 62 or delay taking benefits until you turn 70.