While some employers allow you to keep your 401 (k) after you have left the company, not all do, especially if the balance is ...

Americans are missing out on hundreds of billions of dollars in lost retirement cash because of a simple, forehead-slapping mistake in managing their IRA accounts. That’s the conclusion of new ...

Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. She previously worked at Bloomberg News and has written for national news outlets ...

As a follow-up to my Strategy Change: I've Started Transferring Funds From My 401k Plans To My IRAs article, I thought an article that covered its effect on one of the receiving accounts was in order, ...

The Investment Company Institute estimates that more than 42% of U.S. households had individual retirement accounts (IRAs) in 2023. As Americans get older, they begin to pull out funds from their ...

I'm contemplating moving my IRA account to a different company. I assume the way this happens is that company A sells my shares and transfers cash to company B, who then uses that cash to purchase ...

The IRS is increasing the contribution limits for retirement accounts in 2026, boosting the top threshold to account for ...