Retirement

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."

More than 80% of the richest clients want big asset growth later in life, according to a new UBS survey.

If clients are unhappy with any aspect of their life that financial planning will solve, make that the primary focus.

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.

The most important consideration is that clients are able to complete the 35-year work period because benefits are based on the 35 highest-paid years from their careers.

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The Labor Department is receiving a deluge of feedback from advisers and investors on whether to revise its controversial regulation.

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.

There are a number of issues the industry must address ahead of an imminent digital-first market, an expert warns.

The right strategy can save clients thousands of dollars, although the options are complicated.

Seniors are advised to withdraw from taxable and other retirement accounts before taking distributions from their HSA.

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

The government should tax the health insurance employers provide to employees to generate revenue to fix Social Security's financial woes, an expert says.

A bill repealing rule moves on to House floor, while appropriators seek to block funding for the measure.