The government shutdown has raised lots of questions about the retirement process, and retirement benefits, for federal ...

The OPM director uses his weekly updates to detail efforts to replace paper applications, guide employees through the Online ...

COLA is 2.8%, but FERS retirees only get 2.0% for their annuities. The "diet" COLA fails to match the 12%+ jump in health ...

Twenties: While 77% of young middle-class adults report saving for retirement (via 401 (k)s or other means), median ...

I know you have a litany of lifestyle choices to make, and today I'm going to help you tackle one of the more laborious ones: ...

Retirement readiness requires more than just money. You have a lot of decisions to make about what kind of life you want to ...

Let's apply Maslow's hierarchy of needs to financial planning to create a guide to ranking financial priorities, from securing income and protection to building retirement savings and planning for ...

The vast majority of states don't tax Social Security benefits. The federal government does tax them, though. A handful of states don't tax any retirement income at all. Most states don't tax Social ...

One of the more popular items on retirement surveys is the "magic number": How much savings you need, on top of any Social Security benefits, to live out a comfortable retirement. An Aug. 1 analysis ...

A real estate investment trust (REIT) is a company that makes money by owning real estate. I'm a fan of REITs because they offer more than one opportunity to make money. For me, they're also a nice ...

The Eagles have been struggling over the last few weeks, dropping their first game of the season in Week 5 against the Broncos before suffering through an embarrassing loss to the Giants on Thursday ...

Infielder Chris Owings announced his retirement on his Instagram page last week. He last played in affiliated ball in the Dodgers organization in 2024. Now, it appears the 11-year big-league veteran ...