The Traditional IRA is the most widely used retirement account. Contributions are often tax-deductible, depending on income ...

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 ...

How to Convert IRA to Gold After learning more about retirement planning, I appreciate gold's investment stability. Be ...

If you are retiring or changing jobs with a larger account balance, a rollover IRA may be the best choice for some ...

Roth IRAs are tax-free. Traditional IRAs are tax-deferred. Understanding the ramifications of tax-free versus tax-deferred in ...

Avoid costly mistakes. Learn the IRS rules, penalties, and best practices for a Gold IRA rollover in this step-by-step guide.

If we roll over $7,000 per yr from a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA for the next four years (which is when we will receive full Social Security), could it bump up the amount that we receive in Social ...

The original question doesn’t say where the $800,000 is currently held. If you happen to be rolling a Roth 401 (k) to a Roth IRA, the process could not be more straightforward.

Converting a traditional 401 (k) to a Roth IRA comes with a significant caveat: taxes. Since 401 (k) contributions are made with pre-tax dollars, the amount you convert is treated as taxable ...

Rollover: Take a distribution from your traditional IRA and contribute it to your new Roth IRA by depositing a distribution check payable to you. Make sure to deposit the distribution check within ...

To convert your IRA to a gold IRA, you want to make a direct or indirect rollover from your traditional IRA to your gold IRA. Which one you choose can impact your future retirement money.

Also, a Roth IRA has only been around since 1998, so, in the previous years, you were limited to a traditional IRA.