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401k’s. IRAs. Roth accounts. Early-withdrawal penalties. Educating yourself about the various retirement plan options is intimidating, and figuring out how much you should be saving can be even scarier. To assist you in this essential aspect of financial planning, take…
Saving for retirement is difficult, but it’s an important part of everyone’s financial life. There are a number of ways to make saving for retirement easier, such as using tax-advantaged accounts like individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and 401(k) plans. One…
When you set out on your own to start your own business or gig, you give up structure and job benefits in favor of freedom and flexibility. And it’s no different with your retirement plans. People who own their own…
The government wants to help you save for retirement by giving you incentives like tax-deferred growth and deductible contributions through IRAs and work-sponsored plans. But while the government forgoes taxes on the front-end, it doesn’t want to end up entirely…
Congress raised contribution limits for some retirement accounts but not others from 2021 to 2022. Despite rampant pandemic inflation, Congress didn’t raise contributions for the easiest retirement account, the IRA. Still, taxpayers scored a few modest wins for other account…
When your retirement accounts are growing, it’s great to see the numbers climb. But when you retire and start withdrawing money from your IRA and 401(k), the taxes you owe can take a surprisingly big chunk out of your total. Hopefully,…
Betterment was one of the first robotic financial advisors, or robo-advisors, online. Since 2008, the company has been a go-to source for access to the stock market, offering various types of investment accounts from taxable accounts to retirement accounts like…
Millions of employees save for retirement by deferring a portion of their compensation into an employer-sponsored, tax-deferred savings plan. The majority of these are known as qualified plans and fall under the jurisdiction of ERISA guidelines, which means they are…
According to a 2013 Gallup Poll, more than half of working Americans expect to retire by age 65 or earlier. However, this expectation stands in stark contrast to their practical readiness for retirement. The 2013 Retirement Confidence Survey, performed by…
As a parent, you instinctively put your children first. While that impulse serves our species well in moments of physical danger, it doesn’t help your long-term financial planning. Quite the opposite, as it turns out. Diverting money from your retirement…
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