My expectations for an easy, happy retirement were quickly squashed. As I look back I made two major mistakes. First, my husband and I decided to move the year we both retired.

Making money from a hobby offers the dual benefits of staying busy doing something you enjoy and boosting retirement income. If you’re hesitant to pull $2,000 from your nest egg to take a trip ...

My wife and I were contemplating moving to a retirement community. She asked me if I would be happy in our new home. I said, “Anywhere you are, I will be happy.” Men, I highly recommend this response ...

In Tales from the Golden Age, retirees talk about their spending, savings and whether life after work is what they expected. For more articles in this series, click here. Guy Melhuish, 73, Arundel ...

Retirement is usually a long period between twenty and thirty years. With increasing longevity, it can even be as much as forty years. (I can think of a half dozen people in my own extended group ...

Although the financial picture gets most of our attention, it is only one element of a happy retirement. A long-term Harvard study reveals what it really takes to be happy, and it isn’t money ...