When 40 percent of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, you have to wonder why saving money is so difficult. Marketplace Money’s Carmen Wong Ulrich points to declining wages, but she also says the culture of saving was lost.

A new report: Parents still supporting their adult children -- but not budgeting for it.

Want to retire early? Make sure you properly plan ahead with these tips.

Marketplace Money listener Amanda wants to retire at the age of 30. What should she know before she makes the leap?

Employers can give employees bigger discounts on health care if they participate in wellness programs. But what if instead of gym memberships and health surveys, those programs handed out devices that tracked your every step?

Answering listener questions about retirement investing.

In the last few years, current and former employees have taken their companies to court over workplace retirement accounts.

Many workers and soon-to-be retirees live by a set of rules they were told would let them live comfortably. But a new report shows one of those major guidelines might need a revision.

Although we often think of our debt as owed to foreign countries, in reality, America owes a lot of money to ourselves. Even regular Americans indirectly own a large chunk of our national debt.