There's a certain comfort in spreading money across different accounts. Savings for easy access, IRAs for retirement, maybe a ...

Life is full of milestones—and fortunately, for scheduling purposes, those milestones don't all happen at the exact same time. Think about the various savings goals you might have had across your life ...

During their working years, most folks put all their retirement savings in a bucket labeled “growth.” This bucket usually consists of investment portfolios of stocks, bonds, cash and perhaps some real ...

What is it: A retirement planning framework that separates assets into safety, income, and growth buckets to match risk tolerance and cash flow needs. Why it matters: Helps retirees avoid selling ...

Thanks to target date funds and some simple rules of thumb, picking a mix of stocks, bonds and cash is pretty straightforward while you’re still saving for retirement. According to conventional wisdom ...

The first couple of years in retirement are often the most difficult. But they also can set the stage for how you’ll fill the years ahead—both financially and psychologically. Stephen Kreider Yoder, ...

Managing retirement funds doesn’t end when you think you have enough set aside for your golden years. It’s important to monitor your money throughout, including finding ways to reduce your taxes.

Here’s a different kind of “bucket list” for you. It’s not exactly the things you want to do, but it may be related to them. What it does do, however, is make it easier for you to manage your ...

Note: Some of the holdings in this portfolio have been updated to reflect the closing of Vanguard Dividend Growth to new investors. The current version is available here. The current low-yield ...

The drought continues for investors aiming to wring any type of yield from high-quality bonds, not to mention cash. Although the Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates by 0.25% in 2015--and ...

Did you choose retirement? Or was it chosen for you? I chose retirement and had a plan in place to map out the next part of my life adventure. Had it not been for the pandemic, I probably would have ...