Saving for retirement in a 401(k) comes with several valuable advantages. Your contributions are made with pre-tax dollars, which lowers the amount of income you are taxed on. In addition, the ...

Being diagnosed with a terminal illness will throw your life into chaos, and with that comes a host of financial concerns that can quickly eat up any savings you may have. Having access to your 401(k) ...

A shrinking but persistent share of America's workforce lacks access to employer-provided retirement plans, research shows. Now, a bipartisan bill introduced in Congress earlier this month looks to ...

The IRS has clarified a provision of the SECURE 2.0 Act passed in 2022, now expanding the use of tax-deferred retirement accounts as emergency funds. Previously, retirement savers with an “immediate ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Retiring early is the goal of many. Putting aside money ...

Access to 401(k)-style plans has climbed to 70% of private-sector workers, up from 60% a decade ago, with participation rates ticking higher as companies embrace auto-enrollment. Anne Tergesen’s ...

Half of all workers in private-sector America now participate in 401(k) plans, a sign that tax-advantaged retirement savings may be catching on at last. As recently as 2010, federal data shows, barely ...