An ideal retirement, financially speaking, is generally one where you have multiple income streams at your disposal. Yet many Americans reach retirement age without money saved and without an income source to fall back on other than Social Security. The average retired worker on Social Security

Is a required minimum distribution (RMD) on your near-term radar? If you’ll be 73 years old or older at any point this year and you’ve got a non-Roth IRA of any size, then the answer to the question is “yes” — whether you need it (or even want it), you’ll soon be taking a distribution from this

President Trump’s spending and tax plan, which is officially titled “one, big, beautiful bill,” was recently released. This gave Americans key details about how Trump plans to not only extend the tax cuts passed during his first term but to give middle-class Americans and seniors additional tax

One of the toughest financial decisions you might have to make in your lifetime is deciding when to sign up for Social Security. The earliest point you can claim benefits is age 62. But waiting beyond that point results in larger monthly checks for the rest of your life. If you were born in 1960 or

The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is up year to date. So is the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI). Any talk about a bear market seems outdated after the major indexes’ resurgence in recent weeks. However, billionaire hedge fund manager Steven Cohen has warned that the S&P 500 could