Retirement

Factors such as increased longevity, income inequality and pension-fund shortfalls have caused Americans to be in a worse position for their post-work years.

Clients should work together with their spouses and plan as a couple to develop a Social Security claiming strategy that will maximize their retirement benefits.

The Kentucky firm wants plan sponsors and participants to better understand their retirement options.

Seniors are advised to withdraw from taxable and other retirement accounts before taking distributions from their HSA.

Employers must conduct a thorough review of their plans’ written forms and actual operations so they don’t lose their tax exempt status.

Employees have some simple but significant false ideas about their retirement plans. And employers need to do a better job addressing them during education sessions.

Employees will have more money in retirement if they contribute to the right savings account.

The government should tax the health insurance that employers provide to employees to generate revenue to fix Social Security's financial woes, says Harvard professor.

The Kentucky firm wants plan sponsors and participants to better understand their retirement options.

With the help of SmartDollar, employees have paid off $522,000 in debt and saved $568,000 over two years.