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Two Important Reasons to Regularly Review Your Retirement Portfolio
When was the last time you reviewed the investments in your employer-sponsored retirement plan?
If you’re like many, the answer might be that it’s been a while. Don't sweat it, now’s a great time to put a plan in place so you can stay up to date on the performance of your investments.
Balancing Social Security Benefits with Personal Retirement Savings
There are many factors that go into preparing financially for retirement, but one of the most important is understanding how your retirement savings will complement your Social Security benefit—and ultimately, when you should start claiming your benefit. Here are key considerations and tips that can help you start planning.
Planning for Your Social Security Benefits in Retirement
Today, Social Security benefits represent about 30 percent of the income for people over age 65.1 But there is significant concern among workers about access to their benefits in the future. In fact, 72 percent of Americans worry their Social Security won’t be there when they retire.2
Three Things to Consider Doing With Your Retirement Plan During Market Volatility
Retirement planning isn't easy—you can make all the right decisions, but your savings are always susceptible to market volatility. Unexpected world events can influence your savings by seemingly drastic amounts, causing an unsettling feeling that can leave you questioning if your financial future is secure.
How to Locate a 401(k) From a Previous Job
If you're trying to locate an old 401(k) plan from a previous job, you're not alone…not by a long shot. The good news is that the Department of Labor (DOL) has established rules for protecting money put into a 401(k), so the money isn't necessarily lost—just waiting for someone to claim it. However, that doesn’t mean your old 401(k) account will always be easy to track down. It may take some digging, but there are a variety of ways you can find it.
Why am I being charged fees to get my money out of my 401(k)?
It happens far too often: workers saving in a retirement plan leave their jobs and decide to take their 401(k) funds with them as a distribution, only to be caught off guard when their distribution is subject to a variety of fees and taxes. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will be looking for the income taxes on funds that have been accumulating tax-free, and recordkeepers will be charging a fee for processing the distribution. These taxes and fees apply whether you leave the plan and take your money, or your employer closes the plan and pays you out.
How to fully utilize 401(k) catch-up contributions
There’s never a bad time to audit your retirement savings account and make sure there are no major discrepancies between the amount of time you’d like to be retired and the amount of time you can afford to be retired.
When to Start Saving for Retirement
There's an old, well-known adage that says, "There’s no time like the present." We've all heard the phrase at one point or another, and while it probably wasn't referencing when to start saving for retirement the first time it was uttered, it may as well have been.
Four Factors That Impact Social Security Benefits
With countless rules enforced by the Social Security Administration (SSA) and many potential strategies for collecting Social Security benefits, it’s no wonder pre-retirees and retirees alike often feel overwhelmed and confused when it comes time to claim benefits.
Understanding Retirement Investing Basics: Key Terms and Jargon
Saving for retirement sounds simple enough, and your employer-sponsored 401(k) allows you to make convenient contributions to save for your future—but making decisions about how to invest in your plan can be overwhelming if you don’t understand the language used to describe your options. Whether you’re saving in a 401(k), IRA, 403(b), or any other type of retirement plan, we’ve collected some of the key terms and jargon you may see in your plan to help you feel empowered and knowledgeable about your investment decisions.