Retirement Planning and Investing

Read about key developments in the United States and elsewhere that are most relevant to investors interested in retirement planning and investing.

Japanese Exports Hit Three-Year High

Led by the auto industry, Japanese exports grew by 18.6 percent and hit a three-year high for the...

Federal Reserve Building

Bernanke: Low Rates to Endure Long after QE Ends

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said yesterday, “The target for the federal funds rate is likely to remain...

Best Buy Warns Holiday Discounts Will Squeeze Margins

Best Buy warned that its healthy Q3 profits (net income $54 million) will not be repeated because of...

[European Central Bank]

OECD Cuts Global Growth Outlook on Emerging-Market Slowdown

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development cut its global growth forecasts for this year and next year...

[Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building]

Fed Largess Aids U.S. Financial Strength BofA Deems Unrivaled

Five years after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke cut U.S. interest rates toward zero to end the worst...

[Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe]

Japanese Exports Reveal Economy Struggling for Growth

Just days after Japan revealed its economic expansion in October was less than 50 percent of September’s rate,...

[ECB Building]

European Banks to Return $4.8 Billion Early

Banks across Europe that had to borrow money from the European Central Bank (ECB) to stay afloat during...

[Map of Europe]

France Fizzles, Germany Slows as Europe’s Economy Stalls

The euro-zone economy all but stagnated in the third quarter with France's recovery fizzling out and Germany’s growth...

[U.K. flag in shape of the UK}

England is Two Years Ahead of Plan for Recovery

The Bank of England has gone on record forecasting that an unemployment rate of 7 percent is feasible...

[Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe]

Japan’s 3Q Growth Hits Speed Bump

Japan’s 3Q Growth Hits Speed Bump (CNBC) After first and second quarter growth rates of 4.1 and 3.8...