Spotlight PERSONAL FINANCE The 'magic number' for a comfortable retirement just got bigger DANIEL DE VISÉ USA Today Network Jun 28, 2026 Jun 28, 2026 Updated Sep 8, 2026 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Americans now think they need $1.46 million to retire in comfort. Sam Ward illustration, USA Today kAm#6E:C6>6?E A=2??6CD D@>6E:>6D DA62< @7 2 Q>28:4 ?F>36CQi 2 C@F89 6DE:>2E6 @7 9@H >F49 >@?6J 2? p>6C:42? >:89E ?665 E@ C6E:C6 :? 4@>7@CE]k^AmkAm}@E DFCAC:D:?8=J[ E96 ?F>36C <66AD C:D:?8]k^AmkAmp>6C:42?D ?@H ?665 S`]ce >:==:@? 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Life-entertainment Stop texting passwords to your partner, it's riskier than you think Ken Colburn Arizona Republix
Personal-finance High gas prices spur Americans to improvise, from bus rides to toy cars Helen Coster and Rich McKay Reuters
Here are the 10 wealthiest suburbs in America A new ranking of the nation's wealthiest suburbs, as measured by household income, finds much of America's wealth concentrated in a few metrop…
Trump Accounts are now live. Here's how they work Trump Accounts went live on the Fourth of July, with the families of 6 million children claiming accounts. Among those are 1.4 million newborn…
