One of the big unknowns that make retirement planning so tricky is the unpredictability of human longevity. Americans often ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." You’ve heard it for years: Age is just a number. But there’s been a huge focus lately on biological age, ...

Researchers have developed a new "body clock" tool that calculates people’s biological age — and could even predict the risk of disability or death. The tool, which comes from the University of ...

By that math, your typical American man would be smart to claim Social Security at age 62, the first year of his eligibility.

The candles on your birthday cake don't tell the whole story. As anyone who ever attended a high-school reunion can tell you, some people age faster than others. Whoever put the candles on your cake ...

A popular pastime among Americans of a certain age is to wage an internal debate about when to claim Social Security: At age 62? Sixty-five? Seventy? In purely monetary terms, as it turns out, the ...

The financial independence, retire early (FIRE) movement has gained momentum in recent years. The FIRE movement is based on the simple principle that your savings and passive income should be able to ...