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How to Protect Your Retirement Savings Now as Markets Plunge

Rewrite the “Inflation is a low drip, like boiling a frog: The impact kind of creeps up on you, but when it hits, it doesn’t feel good,” Mr. Haynes said.Don’t fool yourself into thinking you can bail out of stocks now, then jump back...

Pension Funds Push Forward on Climate Goals Despite Backlash

Rewrite the In the past few months, some of the largest banks and asset managers in the United States have quit net zero networks, the climate groups that encourage their members to set ambitious carbon reduction targets and collaborate internationally on sustainability efforts.But the...

Your Retirement Portfolio Is Like Kindling. Trump Just Lit a Match.

Rewrite the Our stock market is starting to crack. Investor confidence is rapidly dissipating. And changes in the way Wall Street works mean that the impact on your retirement portfolio could be far more severe than you may realize.With the S&P 500 index down...

Ride Out the Market Turmoil? Not These Investors.

Rewrite the After the dot-com bubble burst in the early 2000s, Lars Staack decided to play it safe and invest his retirement savings in S&P 500 index funds, which are diversified and carry lower risk than owning individual stocks.It was a strategy that brought...

Do You Know How Much Your Spouse Makes? Some Couples Are Clueless.

Rewrite the Here’s a pop quiz for married couples.Do you know your spouse’s salary? What about the balance of your partner’s 401(k) — and credit card? Bonus points if you can cite how much your husband or wife thinks you need to live comfortably...

How to Fix Retirement Insecurity

Rewrite the Americans are increasingly concerned that it’s harder to secure the things that once represented economic progress and achievement — homeownership, a college education, a well-paying job and a decent retirement. This economic uncertainty is making many feel left out and left behind....