Janet Kidd Stewart

Can you put a price tag on your health? The estimated $215,000 that retirees will spend on health care is beginning to resonate with some retirement savers more than discussions...

Q. I retired 10 years ago at 80. At that time I had assets of $350,000. Now I am down to $157,771 in my portfolio. In it is $6,560 in...

Think you're immune to people who want to separate you from your money in retirement? Maybe you can spot an identity thief or a sweepstakes huckster a mile away, but...

June is wedding season, a time when couples often hear advice about starting their financial lives together. Spending habits, savings goals, debt management and estate planning are all topics that...

If 401(k) plans were soda in the grocery aisle, the store brand would be crowding out Coke and Pepsi these days. More company retirement plans are dumping retail mutual fund...

Like many thirtysomethings, Sarah Francis is hearing the call of homeownership. With a recent price softening in some markets, the 32-year-old Chicagoan thinks it may be a great time to...

Loaded with company stock in your workplace retirement account? You've probably endured a lot of finger-wagging in the post-Enron era to diversify your 401(k) dollars. But if you still have...

If you've been socking away money in a fee-based brokerage account, you may be one of about 1 million customers facing some changes in the coming months. For retirement savers,...