retirement accounts

Fidelity Investments said in a statement Thursday that the average balance for its customers' 401(k) retirement accounts had returned to September 2008 levels.

Governments large and small have begun to ratchet up taxes. As a result, expect a slower economic recovery and, possibly, an attempt to increase taxes on retirement accounts.

Retirement dreams are quickly fading for thousands of older workers, as the severe market losses that ravaged once-healthy retirement accounts over the last year force many seniors work longer.

Our retirement accounts have been ravaged, and our prospects look weak, but griping and worrying won't fix anything. Here's how to regroup and start rebuilding.

Even at today’s depressed values, it’s important to protect your retirement accounts from creditors.

The president-elect's wish list includes new tax breaks on mortgages, retirement accounts, child care, college educations, jobless benefits and more.

But will your income taxes go up? Probably not soon.

The reductions in matching contributions put a new strain on America’s tattered safety net as workers watch their retirement accounts fall with the stock market.

For 2008, Americans over 70 1/2 will still have to take mandatory withdrawals from their retirement accounts.