Most people are notoriously bad at saving for their retirement. In fact, over 45% of people have nothing saved for retirement. Despite the fact that the sooner you start saving the less you will need to save to achieve the same outcome, people still wait well into their 40s and beyond before they start making …

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Forbes published a story recently about a famous pianist who died and left her daughter a significant amount of money in her IRA. The daughter wanted to purchase real estate with the money she inherited but was terrified of the tax implications. Imagine how happy she was to realize that an IRA could actually purchase …

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Regardless of your age, it’s important to plan for your retirement, and the sooner you get started the less of a chance you will have of outliving your income. But in this day and age, it can seem like a challenge. I’m reminded of a short article I read a couple of years ago. It …

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Using an IRA to supplement your Social Security can improve the quality of your retirement, but there are some things you have to be aware of. Having an IRA can affect your benefits, but it will not reduce the amount you are entitled to receive. It can, however, make them subject to income taxation. Still, …

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Since the early 1980s, 401(k)s and individual retirement accounts have become the dominant way that workers save for retirement. Yet many workers long for the days of traditional pensions when you could set your watch by how much income you could count on every month after your retired.  Many people like that the pension fund (if …

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