Plan sponsors are increasingly unaware theyre fiduciaries.

At least some of the massive changes proposed in January by a panel reviewing the military retirement system are getting House and Senate panel backing.

Fund fees are dropping, but volume is driving fee revenue higher.

The 2009 plunge in the Dow Jones Industrial Average that came on the heels of the financial meltdown has left a lasting impression on Americans, most of whom still havent returned to investing.

A large percentage of people dying lately have had few to no assets to their names when they passed.

The number of seniors having to pay taxes on their Social Security benefits is rising, and retirees shouldnt underestimate the effect of those taxes on the money they have to live on.

Not just gender, but marital status figure into whether someone is saving enough if at all for retirement.

While its recovered somewhat from its nadir in 2009, the financial industry has no cause to celebrate yet. The public still doesnt think much of it, ranking it only above the federal government and the tobacco industry.