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October 14, 2015 

How to Convert “Just Enough” to a Roth IRA

Generally, contributions to a traditional IRA may be wholly or partially tax-deductible, especially in the earlier part of your career, but distributions are taxed at ordinary income rates reaching up to 39.6 percent. In addition, you must begin ...

 IRA Tax Strategies for Dealing with an Unpredictable Market

October 8, 2015 

IRA Tax Strategies for Dealing with an Unpredictable Market

The stock market's drop in recent months has no immediate tax effect on the moneys of pre-retirement-age taxpayers whose traditional or Roth IRAs are invested in stocks and mutual funds. That's because neither losses nor gains are recognized within ...

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October 5, 2015 

4 Tips for Baby Boomer Retirement Planning

Most people have some kind of lifestyle vision for retirement. Unfortunately, without proper planning their dreams won’t always become a reality as they enter the encore time of their lives, says Michael Bivona, a CPA who retired almost 20 years ago.

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September 23, 2015 

5 Overlooked Variables in Retirement Planning

It wasn’t long ago that most Americans had a secure three-legged stool on which to rest their retirement concerns – a well-funded Social Security system, substantial corporate pensions with retiree health benefits and, ideally, a strong personal ...

 The Basic Dynamics of Retirement Planning

September 18, 2015 

The Basic Dynamics of Retirement Planning

Chance is a big proponent of testing a retirement plan to make sure it’s sound. To do it right, though, means being thorough, he says. Often, testing is based on just projected income, but that doesn’t go far enough because it doesn’t take into ...

 The Core Phases of a Sound Financial Plan

September 8, 2015 

The Core Phases of a Sound Financial Plan

Despite all of these tools that some financial advisors may ignore in this solution phase, there are also three other phases when creating a sound financial plan. Berger reviews the phases.