A CRR Issue Brief says its study found parents' increase in retirement savings after children leave home is very small compared to that suggested by theory.
While investment managers are increasingly reserved in their predictions about near- and mid-term economic growth, retirement plan participants are still banking out outsized returns.
More than one-third (35%) say they should have saved more, and 29% say they should have paid more attention to preparing for retirement when they were younger.
A study finds a 55-year-old man who has met his 80% income replacement goal will need an additional $25,679 investment growing at 6% annually to pay for all...
The advocacy organization suggests increasing global market volatility is directly tied to “the decades-long push by fiscal conservatives to dismantle public-employee pensions.”
Even American families with significant assets saved cite stubborn concerns about the potential loss of an income earner and the likelihood of falling short in a longer-than-expected retirement.
Retirement prep is generally thought of as a matter of dollars and cents, but new Merrill Lynch research considers an asset even more fundamental to a successful retirement.