Mashadipati: How to retire right

In this edition of the Businessweek Daily, we're featuring stories about retirement from the April issue of the magazine. If this newsletter has been forwarded to you, click here to sign up. Let us know what you think by emailing our editor. You can also subscribe to get the print edition.

The new rules of retirement are still being written, but there are some things we can say with certainty. First, take advice from people who are flourishing— retirees who have figured out how to handle their money and spend their time. Next: Consider if you actually want to stop working. Remember, the decision depends on a lot more than income. And yes, you do need to get real about Social Security and beware market downturns. But you should also hop on a plane to see where in the world to enjoy your golden years. Meet you in Paris? Or Panama? Or what about a cruise ship? Finally, please, please learn from others' mistakes.

The Secrets to Retirement Success

How to handle your money, spend your time and get the most out of post-work life.

When the Best Retirement Is No Retirement at All

The 60-plus crowd is hard at work, and it's not (just) about the money.

Will I Get My Full Social Security Benefits? Definitely, Maybe

Relatively fewer workers are paying in, while retirees are living longer. Something has to change.

Beware the Retirement Red Zone That Can Derail Your Savings Plan

The five years before—or after—you stop working pose unique risks.

American Retirees Want to Leave the Country. Italy and Costa Rica Are Happy to Have Them

Warm weather and cheap housing are just part of the pull.

A couple living out their golden years on the high seas.

Meet the Rich Retirees Moving Onto Cruise Ships Full Time

A growing crop of seniors is selling it all and heading to the high seas, for good.

We Kinda Messed Up Our Retirement

Joe went back to work, Wendy's betting on real estate—how one couple is figuring it out.

On the Podcast

Spring break is here, and so is the chaos. With Transportation Security Administration agents going unpaid amid a partial government shutdown, staffing is short at airports across the country. This week on the Everybody's Business podcast from Bloomberg Businessweek, hosts Stacey Vanek Smith and Max Chafkin trace the invisible threads connecting 2-hour security lines to systems crumbling beneath our feet.

Plus, Businessweek's Deena Shanker joins to dig into the Epstein files, and explain who faces consequences when things come crashing down. And Martha Gimbel of Yale's Budget Lab asks a question on the minds of many Americans: Is retirement actually realistic anymore?

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How to retire right