19 Jun Saving for College: 529 Plan vs. Roth IRA
529 plans were created in 1996 to give families a tax-advantaged way to save for college. Roth IRAs were created a year later to give people another tax-advantaged way to...
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24 Apr SECURE 2.0 Adds Early Withdrawals
The SECURE 2.0 Act, passed as part of an omnibus spending bill in December 2022, added new exceptions to the 10% federal income tax penalty for early withdrawals from tax-advantaged...
07 Apr Double up with a Spousal IRA
If you and your spouse are looking for a way to build your retirement savings but one of you is not working, you might consider funding a spousal IRA. This...
30 Mar Stock Funds by Market Capitalization
Size Matters One way to consider a stock fund is to look at the market capitalization, or market cap, of the stocks in which it invests. Market capitalization represents the total...
19 Apr Simplified Employee Pension (SEP IRA)
What is it? A simplified employee pension (SEP) is a written plan that allows employers to make retirement contributions to individual retirement arrangements (called SEP-IRAs) set up for each eligible plan...
17 Feb 401(k) and IRA: A Combined Savings Strategy
Contributing to an employer-sponsored retirement plan or an IRA is a big step on the road to retirement, but contributing to both can significantly boost your retirement assets. A recent...
08 Dec Is Now a Good Time to Consider a Roth Conversion?
This year has been challenging on many fronts, but one financial opportunity may have emerged from the economic turbulence. If you've been thinking about converting your traditional IRA to a...
03 Nov Is It Time to Think About Tax-Free Income?
Federal and state governments have spent extraordinary sums in response to the economic toll inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic. At some point, it is likely that governments will look for...