This one’s interesting. Normally, you hear about clients threatening their brokers for giving them the wrong advice. In this case, a man’s advisor tried to talk him out of tapping his IRA early in order to be spared from the early withdrawal penalty. Was the client pleased with this advice? Actually, no, he became homicidal….
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Visual Economics: 3 Advantages of a Roth IRA Conversion
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New Roth IRA Rules
I thought this was a great overview of how the rule change for Roth IRAs will work. The upshot is that the income restrictions on who may open and contribute to a Roth are changing as of January 1st 2010. From WSJ via Yahoo Finance: Starting Jan. 1, the income limits that have prevented many…
Rolling Over a 401k to an IRA
Transferring your 401k allows you the option of never having to take physical custody of your funds as they move between your 401k and your new IRA account. This does not get reported to the IRS, so if you transfer it to a broker or firm you aren’t happy with, don’t worry, you still have the ability to move it again within the same calendar year without restriction. This method will allow you to move your securities over (more on this below).
With a Rollover, however, you’ll be getting a check from your 401k sponsor after you request liquidation. You will then have the responsibility to deposit this amount into a rollover IRA account within a a certain amount of time (discussed below). You can only do one rollover a year, so be prepared with a destination you can live with for a little while.
