Tag: retirement
member name: Ms. Meacham: Money Maven
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May 21, 2008 04:23 PM EDT --
Want two bangs for your stimulus check bucks? You could have it deposited along with your refund directly into your IRA or other tax-favored retirement accounts. (Note that, if you elected for your refund . . .
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June 04, 2009 08:14 PM EDT --
With news of Boomers sacrificing 401(k) and IRA contributions to pay for their children's education comes this note from a kind reader:
"I don't like 401(k) plans or IRA plans," . . .
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July 10, 2009 01:25 PM EDT --
With unemployment at a 26-year high of 9.5 percent, all is not lost. The number of newly laid-off workers filing for unemployment insurance has actually been dropping since early April . Granted, that's . . .
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June 16, 2009 01:46 AM EDT --
If you're one of nearly 20 percent of the American population aged 65 or older, or one of 44 million caregivers for those in the older age bracket, or someone receiving IRA payments as a beneficiary . . .
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August 07, 2007 03:37 PM EDT --
A cottage industry of professionals now offers coaching and facilitation services for setting up an Individual Retirement Arrangement-owned Limited Liability Company. These professionals advertise their . . .
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March 23, 2007 04:57 PM EDT --
Nationwide's handy online calculator is based on work done by the Center for Retirement Research, and turns out a score that shows you where you stand. Most questions can be answered off of . . .
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February 06, 2008 07:41 PM EST --
The Bush budget proposal is in , and with it comes renewed fears that the current administration's plans are spiraling the American economy into a recession. With the Dow Jones Industrial Average . . .
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October 17, 2007 02:26 PM EDT --
U.S. homeowners be warned: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says the housing slump is "not ending as quickly" as presumed and looks like "it will continue to adversely impact our economy, . . .
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April 09, 2008 06:40 PM EDT --
"Do you know a FICO from an IRA?" So asks the Fine Living television network's new Money IQ test .
I just took it: 10 questions, lots of hints, entertaining and educational videos, . . .
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October 08, 2008 02:57 PM EDT --
Individuals who completed Roth conversions last year have until October 15 of this year to reverse the conversion, says Denise Appleby, author of The Retirement Dictionary .
"This reversal . . .
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March 01, 2009 11:52 PM EST --
Q. My poor ole IRA got really killed from the stock market. I am thinking of cashing in and taking what little's left and just putting it into a bank money market account. We've pretty much . . .
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May 22, 2007 02:17 AM EDT --
The article Boomers Drive Second-home Market, which I mention in my post "Boomers could impact real estate market more than you may think," also talks about the surge of baby boomers buying . . .
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December 28, 2007 08:04 PM EST --
As Jan. 1 rapidly approaches, I sit down to carve out my goals for the coming year. My goals run the gamut from finally wrapping up all of the projects I've started to getting my house (financially . . .
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September 21, 2007 05:27 PM EDT --
I returned to work today after four days of intense training at the National Press Foundation on " Retirement Issues in the 21st Century ." What a whirlwind! As such, I've developed this photo essay . . .
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November 07, 2006 03:17 AM EST --
SECURITIES BROKER Scott Vorhaben is one of scores of entrepreneurial types tapping into a fresh cadre of clients: retirement account day traders.
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October 03, 2007 09:05 PM EDT --
Think you could outsmart a high schooler when it comes to money questions? Now's your chance to find out.
The Center for Financial Studies at Southern New Hampshire University's has created . . .
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August 08, 2008 07:58 PM EDT --
Sometimes it takes a state the size of California to set off nationwide change. Let's hope its plan to automate IRA enrollment gets the same reception. California's plan would create state-managed . . .
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December 14, 2005 04:25 PM EST --
There's a new investment philosophy in town. Described as "taking control of your retirement account" or "truly self-directing" your IRA, self-directed retirement accounts are everywhere . . .
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June 04, 2007 02:45 PM EDT --
As I read Part 2 of the RedwoodAge.com series on cohousing, I was reminded of the new real estate development in my hometown of Portland, The Heights at Columbia Knoll.
It's 208 well-appointed . . .
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March 17, 2009 06:00 PM EDT --
The pitch is blatant: " Are you sick and tired of watching your hard-earned retirement go up in flames on the stock market? Purchase gold, silver, platinum or palladium and hold your investments . . .
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