January is a great time to start working toward your financial goals. If you’re looking to start investing, the first step is to open an investment account. But which kind of account is right for you?

Using an HSA (or health savings account) as a retirement account is the most underrated way to save and invest. One of my ...

On this episode of The Long View, Ed Slott, president and founder of Ed Slott and Company, shares his advice for tax planning in retirement at year-end, new rules for inherited IRAs, and how to deal ...

We considered various factors when evaluating individual retirement accounts. These include investment types like stocks, exchange-traded funds, mutual funds, options and futures. A limited selection ...

Having multiple retirement accounts may give you a heightened sense of financial security. Many people, in fact, end up with multiple 401(k)s, IRAs and other accounts scattered across different ...

Question: I have several IRAs with various brokers and a couple of 401(k) accounts from previous employers. I’ve been thinking I should consolidate them into a single IRA. Is there any benefit to ...

Because everyone deals with a different set of circumstances, there's no single set of rules to tell you in which order to make your withdrawals. However, as the following scenario will show, a good ...

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