Own a Retirement Account? Keep Your Beneficiary Designations Up to Date

Posted by Richard on July 12, 2016

Many investors have taken advantage of pretax contributions to their company’s employer-sponsored retirement plan and/or make annual contributions to an IRA. If you participate in a qualified plan program you may be overlooking an important housekeeping issue: beneficiary designations. An improper designation could make life difficult for your family in the event of your untimely […]

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College Planning — It’s About More than Money

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Choosing a way to save for your child’s education expenses may be your family’s first college planning decision, but it certainly won’t be the last. From making that first deposit, to selecting a college, to choosing a course of study, you and your child will be making choices that can have a financial impact for […]

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Avoid These Financial Traps — They Could be Hazardous to Your Wealth

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Money. It’s hard to get and easy to lose. It doesn’t take long for the wealth you’ve accumulated to disappear if you don’t manage your money well or have a plan to protect your assets from sudden calamity. Snares like the ones mentioned below could easily threaten your financial security. Planning ahead can protect you […]

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Retirement Confidence Leveled Off in 2016

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Americans’ confidence in their ability to retire in financial comfort has rebounded considerably since the Great Recession, but worker optimism leveled off in 2016. According to the 26th annual Retirement Confidence Survey — the longest-running study of its kind conducted by Employee Benefit Research Institute in cooperation with Greenwald & Associates — worker confidence stagnated […]

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