How To Retire Gradually From Your Business Retiring from a business you founded isn’t like leaving a job. It’s a personal, financial and emotional process that takes time and coordination. Whether you want to sell, pass the business to...
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Beyond Social Security: Building a Stronger Retirement Plan Putting all your eggs in the Social Security basket is risky. A sturdier approach is to layer different sources of income. Max out your 401(k) or individual retirement account contributions if...
Keeping Track of Retirement Plans After You Leave the Company Take the case of the individual who worked in the book publishing industry his entire career. At one point he briefly worked for a major corporation and was contributing...
When Can You Withdraw from Your Retirement Accounts? Both individual retirement accounts and 401(k) plans are designed to help people save for retirement. A 401(k) is offered by your employer. You contribute a portion of your paycheck each pay...
Working for someone else will not necessarily guarantee you a retirement plan, as the financial and administrative costs of providing a retirement program can be prohibitive for smaller employers. But if you are self-employed (whether full time or part...
An annuity is a contract between you and an insurance company that is marketed to provide predictable income in retirement, often to address the risk of outliving savings. The insurance company pays you a fixed or variable income, often...
There may be circumstances under which you would want to move assets from a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA. Only people who already have a Roth IRA can complete a Roth IRA conversion, but the conversion can be...
Deciding When To Take Social Security As you approach retirement age, you may wonder when you should elect to receive Social Security. How much you receive is based both on your lifetime earnings and when you start receiving payments....
Withdrawing Emergency Funds From Your Retirement Account It is still generally a poor idea to tap into your retirement funds except in extreme circumstances. For that reason, the IRS has made it arduous to take funds out early. This...
Required Minimum Distributions: What’s The Story? Once you reach a certain age, you must take an annual required minimum distribution, which is a payout from your traditional IRA, 401(k) or other retirement account. The required amount is calculated based...