YOUR AGE AND YOUR ROTH IRA CONVERSION

By Sarah Brenner, JD IRA Analyst Follow Us on Twitter: @theslottreport Questions on how age affects the decision to convert to a Roth IRA are common. What age is too old to convert? There is no easy answer to this question because there is no magic age when conversion...
‘Solo Ager’ Needs Help Handling Her Financial Affairs

‘Solo Ager’ Needs Help Handling Her Financial Affairs

With no spouse and no children, she’s looking elsewhere for backup The Problem Elizabeth Spiegler, 68, a retired office manager in New York City, was thinking ahead. She wrote me wondering who could handle her financial affairs if someday she can’t....

CAUGHT IN A TRAP: RMDS FROM 401(K) PLANS IN THE YEAR OF RETIREMENT

By Ian Berger, JD IRA Analyst Follow Us on Twitter: @theslottreport Here’s a common question: An employee retires in or after the year he turns 72 and wants to roll over his 401(k) funds to an IRA. Does an RMD have to be taken before the funds are rolled over? What...

Weekly Market Commentary

Weekly Market Commentary – 8/26/2022 -Darren Leavitt, CFA Global financial markets were focused for most of the week on economic rhetoric from the annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium hosted by the Kansas City Federal Reserve.  Throughout the second half of...