MassMutual Social Security Pulse Check Reveals Many Regret Their Timing On Claiming Benefits

Research shows that for most Americans, personal happiness levels naturally decline in your 40s and 50s before rising again in your 60s and 70s. But is there a way to ensure that your happiness stays with you through that trough?

Early retirement seems like the dream—after all, when else but retirement could you have the freedom direct your own schedule and choose what you want to do? But a new article from the Wall Street Journal shows that the reality of early retirement may not be as promising as the allure.

With slow wage growth, Americans' retirement prospects are looking grim—but what if just a few dollars an hour were the answer to the country's leisure woes?

While these technologies are still emerging, they have tremendous disruptive potential—could they put you out of a job soon?

This assistance often starts small and take many forms: cell phone expenses, groceries, and car payments, but can quickly balloon to much more costly expenditures that threaten your financial well-being.