A financially secure retirement doesn’t just happen. Careful planning and wise investing are crucial to making your retirement years golden.
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August 27, 2020
Eric J. Reinhold
Tax laws complicate the choice of which assets to draw from first. Here's what you need to know.
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July 29, 2020
Eric J. Reinhold
How much can you spend during your retirement years without depleting your assets? That’s a tough question. After all, you don’t know how long you will live or what type of investment returns you’ll
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Joseph called attention to an issue in a recent Friday roundup that we thought important enough — and relevant to enough of our readers — to warrant a separate article.
The issue? That if you took a required minimum
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Congress and the White House are trying hard to counteract the financial fallout from COVID-19. Here's what that means for you.
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If you're retired, or close to retirement, having plenty of cash on hand allows you to take a bear market in stride. You can calmly wait for your stock-based investments to recover.
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A new law has curtailed the stretch IRA, but with the right beneficiary designations and the right conversations, an inherited IRA can still stretch pretty far.
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You can't control the behavior of the stock market, but you can control your own investing behavior. Sticking to these five foundational principles will enable you to invest with confidence and make progress toward your
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Here's an overview of recent changes affecting required minimum distributions (RMDs), IRA contributions, inherited retirement accounts, and retirement-account investment options.
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Shoppers aren't the only ones hustling and bustling as Christmas approaches.
The U.S. Congress speeded up its typically glacial activity and approved the SECURE Act last week, serving it up just in time for the Christmas
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