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...
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...
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...
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:...
In my free time I regularly read Yahoo finance or the CNN Money articles related to personal finance and retirement. People are told that they need to save as much as possible for retirement,...
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...
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...
Baby boomers were supposed to be retiring in droves by now. But that's not happening. The last year has frightened many individuals of retirement age into staying with their jobs. Falling home...
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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Just a few years ago, variable annuities were shunned by financial advisers, criticized as expensive at best and scams at worst. But today anxious baby boomers are embracing a newer version that...
It all happened so quietly and so quickly. And, then there was a front page New York Times column declaring (without fanfare) “Many Retirees May Lose Benefits From Employers.� Most friends I...
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