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A Little-Known Medicare Advantage Plan
When you turn 65 or otherwise enroll in Medicare, see if a Medicare Savings Account (MSA) is available in your area. These are similar to HSAs, but a little different. They are linked to high-deductible Medicare Advantage plans. You would sign up for a high deductible Medicare-Advantage plan and also open the MSA affiliated with […]
A Frequantly Overlooked Key Issue in Estate Planning
Celebrities and the wealthy often provide important financial lessons for the rest of us. Often, the lessons are more important for the rest of us, because the wealthy usually have enough assets to over-come the losses from their mistakes. For others, one or two critical mistakes can severely reduce financial security. The latest important lesson […]
Should Annuities Be in IRAs?
It is past time to consign to the dustbin of financial history another long-time financial rule of thumb. I hear it regularly when making presentations. People say, “I thought it never was a good idea to buy an annuity in an IRA.” That used to be reasonable advice but no longer is in many cases. […]
The Retirement Advantages of Health Savings Accounts
There’s an advantage in the medical insurance changes of the last few years, and few people are maximizing it. The Afford-able Care Act of 2010 of course changed insurance for pre-retirees, whether they buy individual policies or have employer-provided coverage, and you need to know how to use the changes to your advantage. The major […]
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Today’s Best Annuities
Things have changed since our last survey of the annuity market in August and September 2014. On pages 7 and 8 you’ll see an update of what we found are today’s best yields, distributions, or other features available in different annuity categories. We discussed each of these different types of annuities in past visits, and […]
Increasing IRA Conversion Benefits
A stream of tax-free income interests many people, and they know that a Roth IRA is a good way to establish tax-free cash flow. But they don’t want to pay taxes before they have to and balk at the tax cost of a conversion. To convert a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA you include […]
April 2015
April 24, 2015 05:20 p.m. Your Retirement Finance Week in Review There wasn’t much major news this week to affect markets. The week got off to a rocky start because of new reports that Greece might default on its loans from the IMF. But these fears were reduced as the week went on. The Nasdaq […]
Another Estate Plan Gone Bad
The Benihana restaurant chain is not what it once was. One reason is that its founder had a poorly-thought-out estate plan that was rife with conflicts and sowed dissension and unhappiness. Here’s the story, another cautionary tale about the importance of taking the time to do an estate plan properly, especially when a business is […]
