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You cannot borrow from an IRA, so you cannot use one as the source of a retirement mortgage. However, you can use assets in ...

A new report from Asset Preservation Wealth & Tax found that as many as 51 percent of retirement-age adults now expect to ...

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A National Bureau of Economic Research study reveals what types of people work and save the most. According to the study, ...

Travel pros explain how you can afford a European vacation in retirement, despite a weak dollar.

As part of this year's "Money Issue" devoted to matters of retirement (airing on August 3), "Sunday Morning" presents this ...