Key Points Market downturns during retirement are nearly inevitable but historically recover over time. Retirees should ...

Vanguard's Target Retirement Funds generally allow for very low minimums of just $1,000 (compared to $3,000 for most of its ...

Retirement planning boils down to one goal: not running out of money before kicking the bucket. Unfortunately, workers go into retirement without many of the facts. They don’t know how long they’ll ...

Thinking about retirement planning when you’re young is key to financial security in your golden years. Small contributions when you’re younger make a difference in your retirement strategy. The ...

Preparing for retirement can be daunting, with many finding it challenging to navigate, especially as the benchmarks for retirement readiness continually evolve. It's no longer merely about building ...

A secure and satisfying retirement fund is built on two pillars. The first pillar—asset accumulation—typically gets the most attention from retirement savers, who start building that pillar as early ...

A well-planned retirement portfolio should ideally be built around several different income buckets. When combined, those sources aim to produce a sustainable withdrawal rate that supports ...

Margaret Giles: Hi, I’m Margaret Giles for Morningstar. If you’re like many investors, the up-and-down market of the past few months may have prompted you to question your portfolio’s asset allocation ...

When planning for retirement, most investors concentrate on what to invest in—stocks, bonds, cash, and other assets. But an equally important, and often overlooked, decision is asset location—which ...

For decades, as you’ve saved for retirement, you’ve likely heard one term repeated constantly: asset allocation. This is the familiar strategy of balancing risk and return, typically by mixing assets ...

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