early retirement

Start early and get less each month? Wait longer and get bigger checks, but fewer of them. We break down the math.

One in five Americans plans to retire before age 65, according to a new study, and they're not just the ultra-wealthy. There's hope for everyone to bail out of the daily grind before age 65, if they adopt the behaviors and attitudes of these savers.

Sick of working 80 hour weeks, Akaisha and Billy Kaderli retired at age 38 and began traveling the world. How'd they pull it off? Here, in their own words, are the steps to take if you want to claim your freedom decades before the rest.

Lots of folks have reached retirement by surprise, thanks to the Great Recession. So, if you're scrambling to come up with a Plan B and plug the financial gap created by an unexpectedly early end to your career, here are some good ideas.

The good news for early retirees is that it may be easier after June 1 to stay on their company's health insurance plan. The better news is that their costs might actually go down. One feature of the health care reform legislation -- a program offering government reinsurance to businesses that...

So much for la dolce vita. The number of older Americans who believe they'll be working after the age of 65 rose to 57 percent from 47 percent between 2008 and 2009, according to a new University of Michigan study. Early retirement? Yeah, right. The financial crisis has dimmed that dream too, with...

Madison DuPaix had a goal of leaving the workforce by age 29. She has been saving since the tender age of 16, and has been planning her exit from corporate America for years. With two very small children, she's going to spend more quality time with them, but won't feel a financial pinch thanks to...

In what is surely to become a screaming nation-wide trend, New Jersey state Governor, Jon Corzine has given fair warning that most likely he'll soon be cutting heads. A report from Reuters News Service, in referencing comments from Barbara Buono, chair of the state Senate budget committee,...