Retirement benefits

If clients tap their Roth accounts at the wrong time, even after retirement, they could lose out on some potential tax benefits.

Retirement investors may opt for whole life insurance, which offers tax-deferred growth on premiums, or a home, which they can sell with up to $250,000 (or $500,000 for couples) in capital gains tax exclusion.

Naming a young grandchild as beneficiary of a traditional IRA could be a wrong move, as the distributions will be subject to the "kiddie tax."

Investors are about to enter the worst two-month period of the year for stocks, according to an expert with Bespoke Investment Group.

Unlike when they were still working and their employer withheld an amount for their taxes, retirees need to make estimated tax payments to the IRS.

There is a way to help reshape deeply ingrained destructive habits.

Clients should be especially mindful of market movements during the "fragile decade," the span beginning five years before retirement until five years after retirement.

Yes, advisers can invest these funds in nontraditional assets, but you must understand the risks before giving clients the OK.

The agency says its adoption of WebEx will allow for improved outreach with clients in the more rural regions of the country.

Clients should plan to replace roughly 80% of their pre-retirement income after they leave the workforce for good.

Clients should work together with their spouses and plan as a couple to develop a Social Security claiming strategy that will maximize their retirement benefits.

Only 3% of households earning under $50,000 a year benefitted from the mortgage interest tax deduction.

Employers' 401(k) matching contributions this year are likely to reach 4.7% of worker's pay, up from 3% in 2009.

To avoid paying high fees, retirement savers should ensure that their plan administrator is a no-load fund company and avoid overpriced house funds.

Marketing and sales strategies are better received when firms provide information advisers are actually seeking.

Although the market continues to rally, a possible setback remains likely and retirement investors should be ready for this scenario.

With smaller paychecks and longer life expectancies than men, one strategy includes moving their IRA assets into a Roth to reap the tax advantages.

Seniors who want to relocate in retirement to a different place from what their spouse prefers may opt to maintain two homes.

Here’s how receiving investments on a stepped-up cost basis can save a client’s inheritance.

Although traditional IRAs offer upfront tax deductions, clients will have to pay taxes later in life when they likely will be in a higher tax bracket.