IRAs
Read about the latest individual retirement news and developments, including insights into successful IRA planning and IRA investment strategies.
Individuals’ Combined IRA Balance Higher Than Overall Average
By Danielle AndrusAverage IRA balances are about a third higher, and the median balance is about 42% higher, when an individuals multiple accounts are considered together, the EBRI found.
March 29, 2012
College Seniors Don't Know the ABCs of IRAsWhen Jeff Rose spoke with soon-to-be college graduates at his alma mater, out of the crowd of 50, not one hand was raised when they were queried about whether they had ever heard of a Roth IRA.
March 29, 2012
College Seniors Don't Know the ABCs of IRAsWhen Jeff Rose spoke with soon-to-be college graduates at his alma mater, out of the crowd of 50, not one hand was raised when they were queried about whether they had ever heard of a Roth IRA.
March 06, 2012
Stretch IRAs Under Fire...BrieflyRetirement industry officials have removed a provision in Senate legislation (S.1813, the Highway Investment, Job Creation and Economic Growth Act) that would reduce the value of inherited IRAs. And they have done so as quietly as the provision was introduced.
February 22, 2012
Stretch IRA Provision Removed from Highway BillA provision in Senate legislation that had investment advisors up in arms because it would reduce the value of inherited IRAs has been removed.
February 22, 2012
Sen. Reid Strips Stretch IRA Provision From Senate BillSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has removed a controversial provision within a Senate highway bill that would have reduced the value of inherited IRAs, commonly referred to as stretch IRAs.
February 21, 2012
Senate Bill Threatens Life of Stretch IRAsIndustry trade groups are up in arms over a provision in a Senate highway bill that would reduce the value of inherited IRAs, commonly referred to as stretch IRAs, and are determined to have it removed.
February 13, 2012
Outlaw Stretch IRAs to Pay for a Highway Bill? Nice TryFor a fleeting moment last week, it looked like the whole Stretch IRA concept was in danger of becoming illegal when some lawmakers went looking for a way to fund, of all things, a highway bill.