401(k)

Fidelity Investments' Kathleen Murphy will retire later this year as president of the money manager's sprawling personal-investing business.

Many Americans are inching closer and closer to retirement unsure of whether they have saved up enough to live comfortably during their golden years.

Your early retirement contributions usually end up being the most valuable because they have more time to grow.

A 401(k) usually lets you choose from a handful of mutual funds your employer selected, and sometimes that's fine. But if there aren't any options that appeal to you, there isn't a lot you can do. Your employer might be willing to add some more investment choices if you request it, but it doesn't have to.

Depending on how your retirement funds were invested, your balance may or may not have been growing in lockstep with the market.

While everyone's savings needs will differ, sometimes it helps to see how you compare to others.

During the last recession, the low point for employer-matching contributions was in 2010, months after the economic recovery took hold in mid-2009, according to Vanguard Group Inc.

As a retiree, the last thing you want to worry about is paying out a big chunk of your fixed income to the IRS. Unfortunately, many different sources of retirement income could be taxable, including distributions from your retirement account as well as some of your Social Security benefits.

If you're wondering how your contributions stack up to your peers, recent data from Fidelity provides some insight into this question.

Here's how you can reach the millionaire club by saving just $405 a month.

Despite the financial toll of the coronavirus pandemic, few American households have raided their retirement accounts to make ends meet.

Despite Trump-Biden election uncertainty, 401 (k) investors are being reminded to keep their cool.

There are a few simple steps you can take to increase your retirement wealth and put yourself in a better position to withstand financial surprises as a senior. Here are a few super easy ones to start with.

If you're aiming to save at least $2 million by age 62, you'll need to start preparing early and saving consistently. Here's how much you'd need to save each month to reach that target, depending on the age you began saving.

A frequently overlooked part of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's platform would upend the traditional tax preferences of retirement accounts like 401(k) plans — a change that industry experts warned could force some small companies to cut those benefits.

Here's how to boost your 401(k) savings by hundreds of thousands of dollars with zero effort on your part.

Building a $1 million 401(k) plan balance is easier said than done, but here are a few tips that will help you achieve that goal -- or perhaps even surpass it.

It pays to get as much money out of Social Security as you can, and these moves can help you do just that.

Many workers overlook one important long-term savings tool that's actually loaded with tax benefits. And if you're forgetting it, too, you're doing yourself a major disservice.

There's one tax break that's widely available regardless of how much you earn, whether you have children or not, and whether you itemize on your annual returns or go with the standard deduction.