On your journey to retirement, you’ll likely face many risks that have the potential to throw you off course. Following are five common challenges retirement investors face.

One of the most confusing Medicare provisions is the prescription drug coverage gap, often called the “donut hole.”

The Bipartisan Budget Act passed in early 2018 relaxed some of the rules governing hardship withdrawals from 401(k)s and similar plans.

A health savings account (HSA) is a tax-advantaged account that you can establish and contribute to if you are enrolled in a high-deductible health plan (HDHP).

The 2018 Retirement Confidence Survey found that more than two-thirds of all workers surveyed expect that paid work will play a role as a source of retirement income.

Outstanding student loan debt in the United States has tripled over the last decade, surpassing both auto and credit card debt to take second place behind housing debt.

The New York Stock Exchange Group averaged more than 5.7 million trades per day in 2017, with an average of almost 1.5 billion shares changing hands.

Often, tax-qualified retirement accounts such as IRAs make up a significant part of one’s estate.

The federal funds rate is the interest rate at which banks lend funds to each other from their deposits at the Federal Reserve (the Fed).

GDP, or gross domestic product, measures the value of goods and services produced by a nation’s economy less the value of goods and services used in production.