Financial Planning / Retirement Questions

Financial advisors and personal information

My husband and I decided we should see a financial advisor for retirement planning. We chose someone NOT affiliated with..

IRA transfer to ROTH IRA for a Senior

I would like to roll my IRA savings to a Roth IRA. Could I take my IRA RMD and put..

ladybird deed

im hearing so much now about this ladybird deed. 60 years old . 3 children , one i do not..

IRA to pay mortgage balance

Retired – Want to payoff house – owe $20,000 – by using money in IRA I am 69yrs old.

ROTH CONVERSION

I have a substantial amount in a 401 (over 800K). Im 63 years old and retired last month. I will..

Financial Advisor

Hi Terry, My husband is 60 and will retire within the next 7 years. We have a current portfolio $850,000.00..

Pay financial adviser??

My wife and i have close $400,000 in retirement funds. i’m retired for 8 months she retires in june 2019...

Withdrawing funds from IRA

You answered my question about taking an additional 13M from our traditional IRA and putting it in to a Roth..

Is it ok to hire a Financial Planner that is not a member of NAPFA?

I was referred to a local, fee only planner, but they are not on the NAPFA website. Does this present..

401 k rollover ripoff

In January, I retired from Walmart. I transferred my 401K from Merrill Lynch to Vanguard. The time frame of the..

Pension

I am no longer working at my previous job where I was employed for 29 years and have a pension..

opening 401-K with QDRO

In the divorce settlement I have received a part of 401K from my spouse ( QDRO ) and would like..

401(k) what to do

I left my job a year ago and am trying to figure out where to put my 401(k) (I know..

cashing in our retirement fund

In my husbands retirement fund which is handled by Morgan Stanley is down to $104,429.67 every month we are losing..

Withdrawing some money from IRA Rollover

I am 60 years old and have approximately $700k in my IRA Rollover. I want to buy a new car..

Inherited IRA Record Keeping

I inherited two IRAs (one a Roth and the other a non-Roth). Four yrs ago I started taking annual required..

40l(k) withdrawal

Terry Can I take a one time withdrawal from a 401K without either triggering automatic withdrawals or being required to..

income tax strategy

To achieve optimal savings from the new lower tax rates, that apparently will “snap back” in 8yrs, should I pull..

financial adviser from bank or brokerage?

is it better to get a financial adviser from your local bank or someone like JPMorgan or Merrill Lynch.

Taking extra money out of IRA

If I take more than my RMD out of my traditional IRA, will it be taxed as ‘ ordinary income’..

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