Category Archives: Retirement

IRAs/401(k)s, Retirement · September 4, 2024

Podcast Episode – Ask KT & Suze Anything: Master Class on Pre-Tax Inherited Retirement Accounts – Part II

This episode is part two of the special Suze master class, from Episode 604, about what to do when you inherit a pre-tax retirement account. KT gathered up your questions and you’ll hear Suze answer them.

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IRAs/401(k)s, Retirement · August 31, 2024

Podcast Episode – Suze School Master Class: Pre-Tax Inherited Retirement Accounts

Suze teaches a special master class about what to do when you inherit a pre-tax retirement account. You’ll learn the different benefits if you're an eligible designated beneficiary and a non-eligible designated beneficiary.

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Estate Planning, IRAs/401(k)s, Must Have Documents · August 28, 2024

Podcast Episode – Ask KT & Suze Anything: How Do I Protect My Identity?

On this edition of Ask KT and Suze Anything, Suze answers questions about buying rental property, IRAs, and protecting your identity.  Plus a quizzy about paying for home repairs and more.

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Estate Planning, Retirement · August 24, 2024

Podcast Episode – Suze School: Who Would You Give Your Life For?

Suze shares a heartbreaking story from a listener and recent widower, named Peter. This story opens up a number of questions: How involved are you and your entire family in finances?

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IRAs/401(k)s, Retirement · August 21, 2024

Don’t Make These 401k Rollover Mistakes

I am a big fan of 401(k) rollovers into an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) when you leave a job.

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Estate Planning, Investing, Retirement · August 21, 2024

Podcast Episode – Ask KT & Suze Anything: Should I Use AI to Play The Market?

On this edition of Ask KT and Suze Anything, Suze answers questions about investing for a child, financial security in one’s 50s, bond ladders, funding trusts, using AI to invest and more.

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Emergency Funds, IRAs/401(k)s, Retirement · August 14, 2024

Emergency Withdrawals from Retirement Accounts

Making an “early” withdrawal from a retirement account is typically a costly decision, as the government tacks on a 10% penalty for early withdrawals made from traditional IRAs and 401(k)s before the account owner is age 59 ½.

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Retirement, Roth Accounts · August 7, 2024

The Latest IRA RMD Rule Update

We finally have definitive rules from the IRS on how IRA beneficiaries must handle required minimum distributions (RMD).

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Annuities · July 10, 2024

3 Easy Financial Housekeeping Tasks with a Big Payoff

The slowed-down pace of summer for many of us makes it an ideal time to tackle some important financial housekeeping tasks. No heavy lifting, but rather, some quick check-ins on your financial life to make sure everything is as you…

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