Article describes a few little known disadvantages of rolling over your 401K into a Traditional IRA when you leave your job rather than just keeping your 401K in your employer plan or rolling it...
Did you know that IRAs can hold CDs (Certificates of Deposit)? If you are nearing retirement and are tired of fretting over your nest egg, your best and safest return may be with a federally...
The Supreme Court is hearing the case of James LaRue who says he lost $100,000 when his company didn't follow his requests to sell stock and move it into cash. The ramifications could be big as...
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Good reminder that you can open a Roth IRA for a child, but contributions are limited to earned income. Article also has some suggestions on brokerages that accept IRA accounts for kids.
If the...
Reserve Management Corp (RMC) is offering a service to employees that allows debit cards to be linked to 401(k) plans, for easy withdrawal of funds. Their Chairman, Bruce R. Bent, justified this...
The Baby Boomer generation is heading into retirement. And inflation for older Americans is considerably higher than it is for the rest of the population.
Some examples from the article:...
The article is a tad old and targeted to boomers, but it's still relevant to anyone investing for retirement. Here's a summary of the 5 trends:
1. Investment returns will cool off - many predict...
Fidelity Income Replacement Funds are designed to provide regular monthly payments that seek to keep pace with inflation. The portfolios invest in 15 other Fidelity funds.
Vanguard Managed...
The warnings have rumbled for decades: Just wait till the baby boomers retire. If you think there are strains on Social Security and Medicare now, brace yourselves for the implosion as the boomers...
My single step personal finance challenge is going to be to open up a Roth IRA account this year. I have been reading about it a lot in a number of blogs and media lately and it sounds like a no...
I am going to take a contrarian view of retirement savings and say that in current market conditions you should think about reducing your 401K contributions to only invest the amount that is needed...
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