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Offering a Simple-IRA & Debating a 401K? SECURE 2.0 Changes the Calculation
When companies are starting out, frequently any retirement plan will do. The smaller the company, the more likely they are to pursue the...
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Dec 6, 20231 min read
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Thinking of Offering a Plan, SECURE 2.0 is Here to Help
For many employers, offering a 401K plan is often viewed as a luxury of larger companies. The perceived complexity can be enough to...
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Nov 21, 20231 min read
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Plan Design Ideas for 2024
While everyone is already tired of talking about SECURE Act 2.0, what about some of those tax credits that you could get from the...
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Nov 6, 20231 min read
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SECURE 2.0 Provisions for 2026
In 2026, what is old is suddenly new again as paper statements have a forced comeback under the SECURE Act 2.0. In addition, lower...
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Jun 21, 20231 min read
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SECURE 2.0 Provisions for 2025
The SECURE Act 2.0 is now the law of the land and it includes tons of provisions relating to retirement plans. In 2025, the provisions...
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Jun 1, 20231 min read
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SECURE 2.0 Key Provisions 2024
The SECURE Act 2.0 is now the law of the land and it includes tons of provisions relating to retirement plans. In 2024, a number of...
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May 23, 20231 min read
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SECURE Act 2.0 Key Provisions for 2023
The SECURE Act 2.0 is now the law of the land and it includes tons of provisions relating to retirement plans. The general focus was on...
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May 2, 20231 min read
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Social Security Fixes
For all of you armchair policy wonks, the American Academy of Actuaries has created a tool that helps look at possible policy fixes to...
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Apr 19, 20231 min read
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From College Savings to Early Retirement, The SECURE Act 2.0 529 Rollover
The SECURE Act 2.0 which was passed at the end of 2022 has some pretty interesting provisions in it. One that has caught a lot attention...
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Mar 30, 20231 min read
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Social Security, How to plan for the unknown?
Nobody wants to enter retirement unsure if they will be able to afford basic goods and services. With meaningful inflation for the first...
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Nov 22, 20222 min read
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How can Buy Now, Pay Later Hurt Retirement?
Point of sale installment plans seem to be everywhere. Companies like Affirm, Apple, Afterpay, Zip, and Paypal are just a few of the...
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Nov 3, 20221 min read
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SEC hits Schwab robo-adviser with $187 million dollar fine
Sometimes independence isn't all it is cracked up to be. As fees become a greater focal point of consumers, vendors have tried to lower...
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Sep 22, 20221 min read
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Stop Saving or Double Down?
When bear markets hit, retirements savers discipline is frequently tested. It can be discouraging to see your account balance go down...
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Sep 8, 20221 min read
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HSA limits going up
For the super saver's among us, hopefully you are fully taking advantage of your company retirement plan. 2022 limits of $20,500 and...
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Aug 25, 20221 min read
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Wild Wild West.....of 403b's
Despite all of the talk about 401K plan fees over the last decade, their cousins, the 403b, still lack clarity in terms of their...
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Aug 5, 20221 min read
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Aren't Stretch IRA's Dead?
Under the SECURE Act, the method of inheriting an IRA and then stretching it out over ones lifetime was greatly diminished. Imagine a...
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Jul 21, 20221 min read
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Hypothetical Trade-Offs and What They Tell Us About Ourselves
According to a 2021 PLANSPONSOR Participant Survey, the average retirement saver may not be that savvy. That is of course not what the...
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Jun 3, 20221 min read
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Time in the market, buying at a discount, and other things us financial professionals shouldn't say.
Well, here we are. The first quarter of 2022 stunk for your retirement accounts. The S&P 500 Index was down over 4% and the Barclays...
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May 16, 20222 min read
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What are the top financial priorities of employees?
According to The Financial Wellness Report, published in partnership with ADP, employees have a lot of concerns. The following is the...
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Apr 6, 20221 min read
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Another Proprietary Fund Lawsuit: What does independent even mean?
Lowe's famous tagline is "Do it right for less". In the case of their 401K plan, a judge found Aon didn’t violate ERISA when encouraging...
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Mar 9, 20221 min read
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