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How Financial Planning Can Help Treat the ‘Financial Toxicity’ of Cancer

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The fiscal consequences of cancer can be dire, even coinciding with mortality rates. Financial advisors can actually help.

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Retirement Upside

Treasury, IRS Propose Streamlining Rollovers From 401(ks) to IRAs

Instead of plan participants carrying much of the weight, recordkeepers would shoulder more of the burden.

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Retirement Upside

Trump Accounts Hit 7M Enrollees, Raising New Questions for Advisors

Wealth managers agree that a free $1,000 is a good thing, but it may come with trade-offs.

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Retirement Upside

What’s the Magic Retirement Number? Check Your Clients’ ZIP Code

Required nest eggs vary state to state, sometimes by hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to new research.

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Retirement Upside

Trump Accounts May Create Millionaire Gen-Beta Retirees

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Wealthy families who can contribute the maximum allowance have the biggest opportunity, but children of lower-income families also stand to benefit.

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Advisor Upside

IRS Eases Gift Tax Rules for Trump Accounts

The agency is allowing some contributions to be considered “current interest” gifts rather than “future interest” gifts.

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Retirement Upside

Retirement Anxiety Is Real, But Confidence Is Growing

Fidelity IRA contributions jumped 29% year over year in the first quarter, a record increase.

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Retirement Upside

These Costly IRA Mistakes Can Crush Retirement Savers

Individual retirement accounts are powerful savings vehicles, but come with significant complexities.

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Retirement Upside

Why Uncle Sam Wants to Auto-Enroll America’s Retirement

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Over a 10-year horizon, a federal retirement program that auto-enrolls investors could add between $635 billion and $983 billion to its IRA system.

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