Retirement Trends

During the past decade, the highest rate of increases in educational attainment were doctorate and masters degrees, according to new statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau.

A new survey finds that baby boomers are not focusing enough on their physical well-being and many are finding themselves struggling to juggle competing priorities

Expect some action on the part of the federal government, including a proposal for automatic IRAs for many workers, as retirement reform dovetails with tax reform.

Passing another milestone on the nation's long journey back from the Great Recession, the Standard and Poor's 500 index closed above 1,500 for the first time in more than five years Friday after a wave of good earnings reports.

Iowa's Tom Harkin, chair of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee, will continue to push his own vision for a nationalized U.S. retirement system through 2014.

Institutional investors are entrusting a smaller portion of assets to leading broad managers, according to a new report by Cogent Research.

ETFs, emerging markets and infrastructure projects likely to benefit as insurers exit the fixed-income market.

When stocks are rallying as they are now, investors should exercise caution. The market is up more than 120 percent since early 2009, and the strongest returns may be behind us.