by Kenny | Jul 3, 2025
By Sarah Brenner, JD Director of Retirement Education Question: Can an IRA beneficiary do a 60-day rollover? Answer: Only a spouse beneficiary can do a 60-day rollover from an inherited IRA if the funds are moving into an IRA in her own name. If a nonspouse...
by Kenny | Jul 2, 2025
A wonderful retirement is the goal of many people, and you want it to come off without any major snags. But retirement plans always face challenges, whether it’s the volatility of the markets, the affordability of healthcare or the risks posed by inflation. Plus,... by Kenny | Jul 2, 2025
By Sarah Brenner, JD Director of Retirement Education When retirement account funds are on the move, things do not always go as planned. The best way to move these funds is to do so directly, but that may not always be possible. It is very common for money to be moved... by Kenny | Jun 30, 2025
By Andy Ives, CFP®, AIF® IRA Analyst The pro-rata rule dictates that when an IRA contains both non-deductible (after-tax) and deductible (pre-tax) funds, then each dollar withdrawn (or converted) from the IRA will contain a percentage of tax-free and taxable funds...
by Kenny | Jun 29, 2025
The S&P 500 and the NASDAQ joined the NASDAQ 100 in forging new all-time highs in an extremely busy week for Wall Street. A de-escalation of the Iran-Israel-US conflict happened on the twelfth day after Israel’s initial strikes. The US bombed three key...
Social Security is one of the most essential yet misunderstood pieces of the American retirement puzzle. With all the recent… Read more: Social Security Benefits Changes in 2025: What You Need to Know for Smarter Retirement and Tax Planning