Article written by UK based moneysupermarket.com. This article is definitely for the UK based readers of My Journey to Millions, but I think it’s important to gain a different perspective of the account options available elsewhere. In the US the equivalent of an ISA is an IRA – Individual Retirement Account, so there is some…
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All the way back in September of 2008 I wrote a post titled, “Leave your Retirement Accounts Alone.” The Post was even mentioned in the Carnival of Personal Finance and I think either WSJ or MSN. Well it looks like no one listened (it may be because back then I had about 4 constant readers). …
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I briefly mentioned in my Article about Missing RMDs (Required Minimum Distributions) that RMDs were actually suspended for tax year 2009 (but remember not 2008!). Well, today I found a great Q&A/Follow up on the Wall Street Journal Personal Finance Section website. It is appropriately titled “Details on the New IRA Rule” and was written by…
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One of the Planner’s asked me an interesting question the other day, What can we do when someone doesn’t take their Required Minimum Distribution? Before we get into my research, lets start with the question, what are RMDs? Like I have said in the past, when you have a question like this go to the source, the…
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I often check the online personal finance section of the Wall Street Journal (found here); many times I find interesting articles which range from the topics credit card debt all the way to macroeconomic theories, but in all honesty, today’s top headline frightened me! The title of the article is, “Investors Pull Money Out of Their 401(k)s”…
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