Financial Planning

Our retirement planning tool shows you whether you are on track for a comfortable retirement—and helps you invest seamlessly based on the recommended retirement advice.

The answer depends on how much equity you have built up in your home—and what you expect your retirement expenses to be.

A retirement coach shares her tips on how to transition into your next phase of life—together.

An early retirement requires more than a couple million stashed away. By minimizing taxes on income and gains, you can live well—and your money will keep growing.

As a 20-something investor, time is on your side. Make your money work for you now to enjoy the pay off down the road.

Maxing out your retirement contributions is a good way to ensure you are building wealth for the future. Plus, it allows you to get the best bang for your buck.

No matter your age, you should be vowing to boost your retirement savings to enjoy the life you lead (or more!) in the future. Betterment can help you do that.

Only 52 percent of Americans expressed confidence that they will be comfortable in retirement. Chances are people know they're not putting enough aside or they simply have no idea how much they will need to continue the life they lead and the one they want for the future.

It’s really hard to plan ahead and it’s really hard to save. It’s crazy that we expect people to do these things on their own.

When we think of saving for retirement many of us visualize a life of ramen noodles and nights in front of the TV. Saving ain’t sexy and we’re suffering because of it (56% of all workers say they have less than $25,000 in savings according to a survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute).