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Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA)
165 posts
Beware of Unintended Effects of Retirement Savings Public Policies
At first glance, some retirement savings public policies can seem like a sure thing, particularly when they’re based…
September 2, 2021
IRA Crypto Investing Going Mobile
There are about 15.2 million Bitcoin owners who have retirement accounts with dollars in them, but not Bitcoin.…
August 13, 2021
‘Explosion’ in Use of Mega-IRAs by Wealthy Revealed in New Data Released by Wyden, Neal
Ever since ProPublica reported in June that PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel owns a Roth IRA that had grown…
July 29, 2021
Mass Affluent Ranks Drop During COVID
Households with $5 million-plus in investable assets grabbed over 80% of the COVID market runup, while mass affluent…
July 15, 2021
World’s First Crypto IRA Mobile App Launched
The first “cryptocurrency retirement app” is now available to the public, as Bitcoin IRA announced the release of…
June 22, 2021
Court Challenge to State-Sponsored Retirement Plans Fails
A challenge to the California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program (CalSavers) by a taxpayer advocacy association failed last…
May 9, 2021
Bitcoin Inching Closer to 401ks
Bitcoin isn’t a big deal in retirement investing yet, but many small steps are being taken that are…
April 13, 2021
Biden’s ‘Historic’ Spending Plans Could Spur Rush to Roths
There could be a “cause and effect” in play in the retirement market as President Joe Biden unveiled…
April 1, 2021
The Stretch IRA Went Away With The SECURE Act—Here Are Other Options
While not its own type of IRA, a stretch IRA had been a go-to strategy for estate planning…
February 24, 2021
Fidelity: Retirement Balances (and 401k Millionaires) Hit Record Levels in 2020
Despite ongoing economic uncertainty, Fidelity Investments reports today that individual contributions to all three retirement account platforms remained…
February 18, 2021