For more than a decade, retirees lived in what felt like the financial version of a low-tide beach — beautiful, calm and ...

The final five years before you retire are when your financial journey transforms from a marathon into a sprint. According to a survey by MassMutual, Americans retire at age 62 on average — so if ...

Retirement no longer has to mean sacrificing lifestyle for affordability, as many Americans are discovering places where a ...

The challenge is to develop new models for how workers can take time off from work to explore future lifestyle options.

Lexington, Kentucky; Venice, Florida; Cañon City, Colorado; Mesa, Arizona; and Richland, Washington—combine outdoor ...

What does retirement mean to you? For many people, the very word suggests relaxation, travel, and, finally, having time to pursue long-held hobbies. The truth is, a carefree retirement doesn’t just ...

If you are a few years away from retirement, paying off debt, saving for unexpected healthcare costs while also staying on ...

While most retirement portfolios include allocations to stocks and bonds in the years leading up to retirement, most retirement savers don’t hold much more than an emergency cushion in cash. Thus, an ...

Lifestyle creep happens when your spending increases gradually as your income grows. It's important to recognize the difference between necessary expenses and discretionary spending when you're ...

For as long as most of us can remember, the idea of retiring with $2.5 million in the “bank,” is something of a dream. The belief that this amount of money would guarantee decades of worry-free living ...

Editor’s note: "Becoming a Digital Nomad" is part 11 of an ongoing series on how to retire early and the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement. Part one is How to Retire Early in Six ...

Retirement has evolved into a chapter of reinvention, one that allows individuals to seek fulfilling lifestyles, affordable ...