It used to be said that successful retirements are built on the three-legged stool of pensions, Social Security retirement benefits, and personal savings. This was a helpful metaphor to simplify our ...

The three-legged stool of retirement planning has grown a bit wobbly over the years as fewer workers can rely on a pension during their post-employment years. But research has found that incorporating ...

Once, the tale goes, American workers relied upon a three-legged stool for their retirement income: 1) Social Security, 2) pensions, and 3) personal savings. That metaphor was always rickety, as even ...

It’s a truism of retirement planning: Social Security was always meant to be one leg of a three-legged stool supporting retirees. Those legs include Social Security benefits, private pensions and ...

In years past, those planning out their future in retirement would rely on the so-called “three-legged stool” consisting of social security benefits, pensions and personal savings. As retirement in ...

I’m sure most people reading this column have heard the term, “the three-legged stool.” That refers to the platform upon which your retirement portfolio is to be built. One of those legs represents ...