Retirement Trends

Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street as traders hope for more positive news on the U.S. economy.

Stocks are mixed in early trading on Wall Street after the long Easter holiday weekend.

Working longer isnt the answer to longevity risk, according to Longevity Risk and Reward for Middle-Income Americans, a new report by the Bankers Life and Casualty Co. Center for a Secure Retirement.

According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, personal and disposable personal income both increased 1.1 percent in February 2013 to $143.2 billion and $127.8 billion respectively.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index is trading above its previous closing high reached in October 2007, a year before the peak of the financial crisis.

Worries about Europe rattled the stock market Wednesday, a day after the Dow Jones industrial average had its biggest gain in three weeks.