An IRA — a tax-advantaged investment account — is a woman’s ticket to closing the retirement savings gap. Here are the main ...

Roth IRAs can be an attractive addition to your portfolio, but boy, are they surrounded by rules and regulations. It's easy ...

Depending on your age and other factors, IRA withdrawal rules determine if you’ll face a penalty. Learn when early withdrawal penalties do and don’t apply.

These ceilings apply to all IRAs held, Roth and Traditional combined. In concrete terms, you cannot contribute $7,000 to a ...

One nice thing about Roth IRAs, as opposed to traditional IRAs, is that you're not forced to take required minimum ...

If you can save some of your graduation cash, a Roth IRA offers a unique chance to grow your money 100% tax-free for ...

A 401 (k) is an employer-sponsored retirement plan that allows employees to save a portion of their salary, usually on a ...

Key Takeaways. Retirement savers under age 50 can contribute up to $7,000 to an IRA in 2024. An IRA is not a type of investment; instead, it's a tax-advantaged account that holds investments.

My good friend Bob from Munster had a question I thought merited visiting in the column. Bob’s question involved a topic we are dealing with more and more often in ...

Choose a Roth IRA if you expect to make more money in your later years — and thus in a higher tax bracket. It makes more sense to pay taxes today to take advantage of your current low tax rate ...

Are you curious to know how your balance compares to the average today? Fidelity has fresh data on IRA balances. But you may not like what you see.