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Stolen Retirement Money

Hi Terry, My dad has retirement accounts at Fidelity. Somehow his account was hacked maybe through a sophisticated operation where..

Sharing Financial Position with Adult Children

Hello. Appreciate you and have followed you for a very long time. Thank you for all you do. I’m 60...

Retirement anxiety

Dear Terry. I hope you can give me some guidance. I am 61 and self-employed with a secure job. I..

2024 Taxes – Amended return waiting for refund

Terry, We filed our joint return for 2024 in April (electronically) and received our refund in a short time period..

Buying new car at age 73, should we finance or pay cash

Looking at buying NEW car, around 35k. We have plenty of cash, currently earning 4% in T-bills. Both our age..

Emergency Transportation Insurance

We have Medicare A , B, D, & a top of the line Supplemental insurance policy, but just saw a..

IRA for my daughter

I’m worried that my daughter is not saving for her future. She’s 31 years old and does not have a..

New Social Security Login?

Hello Terry, I recently tried to log into social security. I had not done so for awhile. It instructed me..

Asset listing for survivors

You said on John Williams show you had form for listing your assets and accounts for when you die. Thank..

SBA Loan discrepancy — FRAUD

Hello, Terry. You very graciously accepted my text on the John Williams Show when John Hansen was hosting a couple..

Trust

Need a referral for someone specialized in structure, taxes and transfer of assets in a trust.

Pension from Sears through PBGC

I’m retired at age 67 recently. I have my chicken money and investments and collect my deceased husband, Social Security...

Roth accounts for grandchildren

I put $500 per year in my grandkids Roth accounts. What is the best investment to put it in? They..

Old bank account

We found an old CD account of my mothers, she died in 1993, she last used the account in1992. the..

How to arrive at FIRE number.

I heard from lot of friends that FIRE number(financial independence) is between 3-4 million. Can you write a column about..

Medicaid

Need financial advice for 19 year old granddaughter. Her Dad (divorced from Mom & remarried) is moving to Arizona and..

ebooks

are your books also in e Format?

Thank you, again…chicken money

No response needed here. I just want to thank you for your recent article on chicken money and the impact..

Grandchildren’s inheritance

I’m 85. My grandchildren are my beneficiary’s. I want to strongly suggest they stash 10% of their inheritage in something..

Senior tax bracket income planning

What is the greatest amount of income that a married senior couple can earn BEFORE taking their maximum married filing..

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