Retirement Planning Tips for Fifty-Somethings
Entering your 50s and behind in your retirement planning goals? Don’t fret. You’ve still got time to get your financial plan back on track.
Planning Your Required Distributions
For those in or near retirement, the age of 70½ is a key transition point: Retirees need to begin planning for required minimum distributions (RMDs) that are taken annually from employer-sponsored retirement plans and traditional IRAs.
Planning for the Future — What Motivates You?
The truth is there is ample motivation to make the most of retirement planning opportunities.
Managing Cash Flow in Retirement
Detailed budgeting, frequent monitoring of income and expenses, and prompt action to address potential cash flow problems are essential elements of financial planning for retirees.
How Much Do You Need to Retire? Let’s Calculate
Calculating a retirement savings goal is one of the most important steps investors can take to help determine if they are on pace to meet that goal. However, most American workers haven’t tried to figure out how much money they will need to accumulate for retirement. What about you?
Midyear Outlook 2025: Pragmatic Optimism, Measured Expectations
We started 2025 on a high note, although we acknowledged that “no market environment is ever permanent, and that change is always potentially around the corner.” Well change did come, and with it, volatility, perhaps in part because we assumed President Trump’s policies would simply mirror those of his prior term. The impact of policy…
Weekly Market Commentary | Why Stock Market Valuations Are Fair in Context | June 1, 2026
LPL Research analyzes stock valuations, finding them fair given growth, rates, inflation, and AI-driven earnings outlook despite risks.
Weekly Market Commentary | Seeds of Opportunity: The Case for Agriculture Investments | May 26, 2026
Printer Friendly Version Commodity market trends: Commodity markets have been on an impressive, and volatile, run so far this decade, with leadership oscillating between energy and precious metals. Not surprising, after commodities’ “Lost Decade” of the 2010s, given the asset class tends to move in long capital cycles. Shift to Agriculture: LPL Research has written…
Weekly Market Commentary | Energy Shock: Inflation Risks vs. Economic Growth | May 18, 2026
LPL Research examines rising inflation risks amid geopolitical tensions, while resilient growth and strong investment support continued expansion.
Weekly Market Commentary | Warsh Fed Regime: Policy Shifts & Treasury Market Impacts | May 11, 2026
LPL Research explores how a potential Warsh-led Fed could reshape policy, Treasury markets, and volatility amid rising deficits and shifting demand.