Retiree accounts gaining adherents
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In 1978, Peter Ferrara decided to write his third-year paper at Harvard Law School on the subject of Social Security. A self-professed conservative libertarian, Ferrara argued that the system would eventually run into financial trouble and that the best way to fix it was to let people put money into personal accounts that could be invested in stocks and bonds.
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The Motley Fool - In 2005, a little-known change in the tax law will let more people, primarily older and wealthier retirees, take advantage of moving funds from their traditional IRA to a Roth IRA.
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Millions of Americans are preparing to retire, but still want to use their skills and talents to help others.  They're becoming volunteers.
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A recent survey found that mutual fund ownership is on the rise after two years of decline, an encouraging signal that Americans are starting to save more money. But although most investors say retirement is their No. 1 priority, experts say the vast majority remain in danger of shortchanging this goal.
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Investors are allowed to put the money in their I.R.A.âs in to almost anything, be it condominiums or airplanes. A growing number of people are doing just that.
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Investor's Business Daily - Over the past decade, 529 college savings plans have grown popular. Some investors' accounts have grown large.
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A cross-continent look at how far your money goes.
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Bumps on the road to retirement smooth themselves out.
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Recretational vehicles, once considered the domain of older couples hitting the road in retirement, are attracting new interest among baby boomers.
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Tens of thousands of Americans are discovering, as they approach retirement, that money they were promised is not forthcoming.
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Conventional wisdom says not to pull money out of retirement accounts except for actual retirement. Most Americans have enough difficulty building up a nest egg, and cracking it prematurely could mean living on Social Security later.
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A popular financial portal has its say.
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Trading in life insurance policies held by wealthy seniors has quietly become a big business for investors.
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Retirees for a third straight year are paying double-digit increases for healthcare coverage through their former employers, which are shifting a greater share of the cost to new retirees, according to a study released yesterday.
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Investor's Business Daily - It's the season when many individual investors rebalance their retirement portfolios. Traditionally, it's also a time for making or updating long-term strategies for building retirement accounts.
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States will be issuing bonds to cover unfunded retiree obligations. When that happens, buy.
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Just in the past few weeks: My wife, Georgina, and I made new investments with the money from maturing certificates of deposit. Our local telephone bill started coming from AT&amp;T, the new name for BellSouth . The customer service number for our long-distance carrier changed. We switched Internet service providers, and have a new account number (I kept my AOL ...