retirement

How much of your current salary will you need after you retire? Financial planners often say 75% is a good rule of thumb as a replacement ratio, but an economics professor recently put the number at 135%.

It's become commonplace for celebrities and companies to make announcements via Twitter. Thus, should we really be surprised that Shaquille O'Neal on Wednesday announced his retirement via Twitter (and also, via a new service called Tout)?

Many Americans have no reason to look forward to retirement since the Social Security benefits would be less than enough to live on.

Following the job and investing horrors of the last three years, many Americans fear they will end up in retirement like Old Mother Hubbard.

But while their cupboards are likely to contain more than a bone, a sobering study released Tuesday shows the fantasy isn't far off the mark.

Six weeks of vacation a year. Retirement at 60. Thousands of euros for having a baby.

If you’re like most young people, chances are retirement and investing aren’t exactly your top priorities.

However, you might do well to pay attention to what older people wish they did when they were young. Here is a list of seven retirement and investment tips for young people.

Many individual investors are starting to look for ways to make a positive impact on the environment while still being able to save and invest for retirement.

Protect Mother Earth and improve your net worth at the same time: seems like a no brainer, right?

The reason Lutz is finally--seriously, this time--eyeballing retirement? He feels like he's at a point where he can look back at his career and be satisfied.

“I can confidently say that the job I came here to do more than nine years ago is now complete – the team I have been fortunate to lead has far exceeded my expectations,” said Lutz.

The Age of Retirement was one of America's most successful social reforms ever. But that era is over. A new vision of old age is emerging from the trauma of the credit crunch and the Great Recession: Forget retirement.

Keep working.

New research suggests some older who lose their jobs in this recession may have little choice but to be pushed out of the work force earlier than they would like.