A financial planner who studies retirement happiness says money, meaningful pursuits and close friendships can all shape life after work.

While you might be focused on your financial portfolio, don’t forget to make contributions to your ‘life’ portfolio.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am the Executive Chairman of Diversified, a CFP and author. Being happy in retirement is often about more than your finances; it ...

You've worked hard, saved diligently and invested wisely throughout your career, building a tidy nest egg — the perfect recipe for a happy retirement. Or is it? Science says not so fast. A growing ...

Moss' decade-plus quest to find the most important characteristics of happy retirees. What his updated research says about the investable net worth and income of happy retirees. Why even wealthy ...

Wes Moss has a problem with bumper stickers. In The Retire Sooner Method, the financial planner and host of the Money Matters radio show goes after one of the most repeated pieces of retirement ...

Source: Image by Nick Youngson, CC3.0, picserver. I made a smooth transition from full-time work to retirement, and I assumed that almost all retired people had a similar experience. You’re retired!

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steve Vernon, FSA, helps retirees make their money last for life. Planning for your happiness and fulfillment in retirement is ...

Wes Moss surveyed thousands of retirees and found a striking pattern separating the happy ones from the miserable ones, and it has nothing to do with their savings rate or Social Security strategy.