Retirement Trends

A push for the legalization of physician-assisted suicide is under way in a half-dozen states where proponents say they see strong support for allowing doctors to prescribe mentally competent, dying individuals with the medications needed to end their own lives.

Shares of LinkedIn Corp. jumped more than 10 percent before Friday's opening bell after the online professional-networking service reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results.

Stocks are edging higher in early trading on Wall Street after a report showed that the U.S. trade deficit narrowed sharply in December.

But whatever one thinks about gun control, removing such an investment from a portfolio on moral grounds isn't always a simple matter. There are potential costs from putting your principles before profits.

Stocks remained in a holding pattern Thursday. Major indexes edged lower after a report that showed the jobs market is maintaining a slow, but steady, recovery failed to inspire investors.

Despite serving as fiduciaries, trustees favor their own funds, a new study finds.

Fidelity Investments and Extend Health have struck a deal to enhance Fidelitys retirement guidance capabilities to include retiree health care.

Millennial investors are less trusting of financial advisors than Gen Xers and Boomers.