Retirement planning

There is little doubt that growing and protecting wealth is a critical pillar in everyone's financial plan. But what about maintaining and improving your health?

The wealth management business is undergoing considerable transformation. The pandemic has created a new breed of investors, with distinct expectations and tastes formed by new technology and having lived through the financial crisis.

Financial advisors have a variety of objectives in working with their investment-planning clients. But when all is said and done, clients are usually mainly interested in a successful road map to growing and protecting their wealth to and through retirement.

Join Financial Planning's Editor-in-Chief, Chana Schoenberger, Chief Correspondent Tobias Salinger, industry luminary Mark Tibergien and financial advisor Dasarte Yarnway as they discuss the profound changes the financial advisory sector is undergoing.

Women in the United States have a lot in common when it comes to managing their money. They prioritize financial stability and nearly half equate negative emotions with financial planning - far more than men.

Many employees, particularly women, are likely to become unexpected caregivers at some point. Companies should do more to ease their burden, says a top retirement and wealth specialist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Many employees, particularly women, are likely to become unexpected caregivers at some point. Companies should do more to ease their burden, says a top retirement and wealth specialist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

A new study from MagnifyMoney shows nearly half of all consumers have stopped putting money aside for retirement during the pandemic, including 53% of baby boomers.

The agency says it is not cutting its workforce but that the new strategy is necessary because it has an unusually high number of workers near retirement age.

The Armed Forces Financial Guide covers information such as special pay, service benefits and long-term financial planning.