A "5% rule" withdrawal strategy on $1 million invested in a total US stock market index fund in 2000 would have run out of money by 2018. A similar failure would have occurred with a total ...

The 4% rule is a common retirement withdrawal strategy. We'll discuss how it works, how it has changed, and its pros and cons ...

Planning how and when to withdraw money from your retirement accounts can have a big impact on how much of your savings you actually get to keep. This is especially true with 457(b) plans, which are ...

Small businesses reviewing their banking records may notice something unusual in their withdrawal statement under the heading "Descriptive Withdrawal." Despite the name, statements rarely show much ...

Early withdrawals can shrink your 401(k) savings. See how to calculate the IRS 10% penalty, and learn about exceptions, SECURE 2.0 updates, and penalty‑free alternatives.

If you’re someone who is comfortable with more variability, you can arguably take more from your portfolio initially. If someone is legacy-minded, they definitely want to be thinking about a higher ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Doretha Clemons, Ph.D., MBA, PMP, has been a corporate IT executive and professor for 34 ...

The good news is that the economy continues to show signs of improvement and recent research suggests that incomes are beginning to rise. The bad news is that many workers continue to face financial ...

Courtney Johnston led the CNET Money team and worked closely with the consumer insights data team. Before CNET, she worked as a graduate writing instructor at the University of Indianapolis and ...

Towards the end of my long and happy stint at the University of Auckland, some colleagues and I wanted to respond to the growing epidemic of antidepressant overprescribing in New Zealand and elsewhere ...