retirement account

More working New Yorkers will have an easy and effective way to save for their future thanks to the state’s newly-enacted Secure Choice Savings Plan.

A new starter savings account proposed nearly a year ago by President Barack Obama is now open for deposits.

Move to Cape Cod and spend my days watching the waves roll in ... return to New York to be close to my roots ... or venture someplace completely new. What I want to do when I retire, I still don't know. What I do know is, I want to be in control of my financial future and to live independently as I age.

Americans need to save more for retirement, and more employees need to have access to a workplace retirement savings plan. These were the major themes at a recent AARP-U.S. Chamber of Commerce forum ( watch it here ), where these two organizations - often on opposite sides of policy issues - issued a joint call to action for policies to encourage more savings.