Financial Planning / Retirement Questions

IRAs when you are subject to RMDs and the market drops.

How to handle market drops if you are required to make Required Minimum Distributions. We have TIP bond funds in..

What to do with Inheritance

My wife and I are 55 years old. I recently inherited $200,000.00. No credit card debt, we owe $70,000 on..

ee bonds add to income — taxes?

i am 87 I pay no fed tax. I have eebonds coming due and I already cashed some with interest..

Making the most out of my trust.

Hi Terry, I’m 75 in good health but my husband is 86 and has alzheimers. I just put our house..

401k I was working at a company

I was working at a company left in 2019 left a 401k up for $13,000 should I cash out or..

Money from sale of house

Good morning. I am selling my house and receiving about $180K in profit. I have a 457 plan which I..

401 K contributions

My husband is a year away from retirement. He’s heavy into contributing to 401K Should he contribute less since we..

401k and Simple IRA question

Hi Terry! I have a Simple IRA with around a $50,000 balance from a previous job, and new 401k and..

Social Security Credits

My wife has 19 credits to go before she receives the required 40 credits for Social Security. She has 2..

Transfer 401k

https://www.terrysavage.com/how-to-rollover/I no longer work at my job anymore and I want to transfer my 401k. Do I transfer it to..

Affordable Care Act premiums and Social Security

I was approved for the affordable care act in 2022 and I receive a $600.00 credit each month. I will..

RMD waiver 2022

Is there any discussion regarding waiving the 2022 RMD as was done a couple of times before. Taking a distribution..

Social security benefits

I will be 66.4 months in July and want to start collecting full benefits. It will be around $2000 a..

Early social security instead of 401k withdrawal in down market

My spouse (age 64.5) and I (age 65) are both retired and had planned to wait until age 70 to..

Saving for Retirement

I don’t have an IRA saving how do I save money for my retirement? Can I do it through my..

Retiring at age 75 or 80

I want to work as long as I can because I enjoy my work. (I am a high school teacher.)..

retirement investments

we are just getting out of credit card debt have 2 car loans a primary house loan and a lake..

Retirement

Greetings Terry, I’ve been at my job just over 15 years now & been contributing to my companies 401k plan..

Defining ownership of retirement account and tax info

Terry, My husband retired and has a decent account with Fidelity. His name only is on the account. My question..

How to open retirement account

I am a childcare provider. In this profession there is no 401 k or retirement savings for this profession what..

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