Retirement

Can we really save for retirement in this consumer economy? There's plenty of advice. Try to follow it.

Not everyone can afford — or even wants — to retire these days. But there are ways to profit during semi-retirement.

It's never too soon to get your finances ready for a comfortable retirement. Personal finance expert Jill Schlesinger offers advice to listeners in a variety of career stages.

The markets are faring well and hitting record highs. Does that mean retirement accounts have fully recovered?

Americans retirees are drawn to Costa Rica's biodiversity, political stability, and cheap health care.

Social Security trust funds will dry up in 2033. So what does this mean for the chronically unworried, like say, Alfred E. Neuman of Mad Magazine fame? He will turn 59 in November — seven years shy of retirement age.

But for some the recovery still doesn't mean they are doing as well as they should.

Older Americans staring at retirement in the face are finding it hard to save. So how does the millennial generation — which faces a struggling economy and high student debt — feel about life after work?

In a recent survey, more than half of U.S. workers saving for retirement have less than $25,000 in the bank for the golden years. That's not a lot of money — how do retirees survive on that?

A banking analyst makes the decision to leave his job at the age of 51, two years after being diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease.