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Retirement Income
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How to Retire: Stay Flexible With Your Retirement Spending
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Does It Make Sense to File Early for Social Security and Invest in the Market?
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Trump Wants to End Taxes on Social Security Benefits. Who Would This Stand to Help?
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How to Handle a 401(k) Hardship Withdrawal
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3 Investment Fallacies I’ve Had to Unlearn
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7 Steps to Estimating Your In-Retirement Cash Flow Needs
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Why Inflation Is Still a Problem for Today’s Retirees
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How to Pay Yourself in Retirement
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What’s Wrong With Social Security?
IRAs
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Key Rules for a Backdoor Roth IRA Contribution
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Inherited IRAs: What to Know About Taxes, RMDs, and More
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Three-Fund IRA Portfolios for Fidelity Investors
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Should You Bother Contributing to a Pretax 401(k) or IRA?
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Model IRA Portfolios for Vanguard Investors
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4 RMD Mistakes to Avoid
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Should You Take Your RMDs ‘In Kind’?
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The New Rules for Missed RMDs
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IRS Finalizes RMD Regulations: Key Takeaways and the 10-Year Rule for Beneficiaries
401(k)s
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The Number One Way Americans are Becoming Millionaires
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How to Handle a 401(k) Hardship Withdrawal
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Should You Bother Contributing to a Pretax 401(k) or IRA?
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Should You Make Aftertax 401(k) Contributions?
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11 Steps to Making Your 401(k) Plan Greener
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The Time is Right for a National Retirement Savings Plan
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The ‘Three-Legged Stool’ of Retirement Is Missing a Leg
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How Gen X Can Catch Up on Retirement Savings
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How to Avoid Unintended Distributions from Inherited IRAs and 401(k)s
Estate Planning
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It’s Time to Write Your Will
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How to Tackle Estate-Planning Basics in 7 Steps
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Ed Slott: How Rules on Eligible Designated Beneficiaries Changed for Inherited IRAs
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4 Financial Tasks You Shouldn’t Put Off
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How to Make a Tax-Free Donation From Your IRA
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3 Charitable Investment Strategies That Deliver Higher Tax Benefits
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3 Tax-Friendly Charitable-Giving Strategies for Retirees
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How Advisors Can Help Clients Benefit From Legacy IRAs
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How to Give to Charity and Save on Taxes
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Most of the benefits would flow to people who are already well-prepared for retirement.
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For funds from Vanguard, Fidelity, and others, home bias has nearly vanished.
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A change in mindset could set you on track for smarter retirement spending decisions.
5 Ways to Improve America’s Retirement Savings
A look at what’s at stake for millions of workers if the system isn’t repaired.
Should You Bother Contributing to a Pretax 401(k) or IRA?
Tax and IRA expert Ed Slott discusses how the Secure and Secure 2.0 Acts undermine the case for deferring the tax bill.
Should You Make Aftertax 401(k) Contributions?
In-plan conversions are a no-brainer for heavy savers who have access to them.
Not All Total Returns Are Created Equal
Return sequences can help performance as well as hinder it.
4 RMD Mistakes to Avoid
Knowing the pitfalls for required minimum distributions can help you avoid the excise tax.
What Interest-Rate Cuts Mean for Your Retirement Portfolio
Retirees: Here are the implications for your cash, bond, and stock investments.
Should You Take Your RMDs ‘In Kind’?
Consider this strategy if you need to take a required minimum distribution while the stock market is down.
4 Dangerous Assumptions That Could Hurt Your Retirement Plan
By the time retirement savers realize the error of their ways, it may be too late.
6 Retirement Financial Myths to Avoid
These often-repeated rules could lead retirees astray.
CITs Dethrone Mutual Funds as the Most Popular Target-Date Vehicle
Top picks for target-date CITs and what the shift means for investors.
The Big Retirement Myth
Tax and IRA expert Ed Slott says it’s a mistake to assume you’ll be in a lower tax bracket in retirement than when you were working.
Is Your Retirement Plan Missing Out on Private Equity?
Private equity can enrich defined-contribution plans, but it also comes with concerns.
What Is the Fed’s TSP Mutual Fund Window Good For?
With its $150 annual fees, for many workers, not much.