It's difficult to determine exactly how much money is enough to retire comfortably. Households earning $50,000 or more will need about 80 percent of their pre-retirement earnings to maintain their ...

Understanding how you spend money now can help you estimate how much you'll need in retirement. Here are some tips: Track ...

Lucy Lazarony is an experienced personal finance journalist and writer who got her start in 1998 writing about financial topics. She writes accessible and easy-to-understand articles about credit, ...

How would your retirement plans change if you knew you would live to 100? While no one has a crystal ball to see the future, there are tools available to help you make an educated guess about your ...

It pays to calculate RMDs (Required minimum distributions) as you approach retirement or if you are already retired. RMDs are the minimum annual withdrawals you must make each year from most ...