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…their approach to retirement withdrawals offers valuable lessons that anyone can apply, regardless of income.

What the 1% Get Right About Retirement Withdrawals These exclusive retirement strategies used by the top 1% can help the average retiree maximize wealth, minimize taxes, and ensure long-term financial security.

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The rules guiding the inheritance of an individual retirement account (IRA) when the IRA owner dies are complicated, but at least one aspect is straightforward: Whether a spouse or non-spouse is named the beneficiary of the account when the IRA owner dies, the current tax law allows the inheritance, or the total sum in the account, to be accepted tax-free.

Inherited IRA Rules: Non-Spouse and Spouse Beneficiaries You can inherit an IRA tax-free but you could be hit with a 50% penalty if you don't follow the rules for required minimum distributions (RMDs).

Raising Social Security’s NRA would have another detrimental impact on retirement planning—that’s the age when Social Security no longer applies the earnings test, which imposes a penalty for working at the same time as collecting benefits. Once you attain the NRA, there’s no longer a penalty for working while receiving benefits. Raising the NRA would make it more difficult for lower-income workers to supplement their Social Security benefits with earnings from working.

What Would Raising Social Security’s Retirement Age Mean For Retirees? Discover the impacts and debates surrounding raising the retirement age. Understand how increasing Social Security's retirement age can affect your retirement plan.

The income needed to afford a typical home has increased by a staggering 80% in the past four years, highlighting just how much current home prices and mortgage rates are straining buyers' budgets.

Last month, homebuyers needed to make about $106,500 to afford the monthly mortgage payments for a typical home. That’s up from about $59,000 in January 2020, according to a new report from Zillow.

The Income Needed to Buy a Typical Home Has Soared 80% Since 2020 The typical monthly mortgage payment is up to $2,188, according to Zillow.

"Most Americans loved their pension plan, it’s just most of us don't have a pension plan anymore," Blunt says. Annuities, though, can provide a similar peace of mind that you won't outlive your savings.

"That can be game-changing in an overall financial plan…”

Why More Americans Are Buying Annuities for Retirement Sales of one type of annuity in particular have more than tripled in the last two years.

An alarming proposal to fix Social Security funding woes:

Killing 401(k) Tax Benefits Could Help Save Social Security, New Research Shows Workers would lose a key retirement planning benefit as a tradeoff for funding Social Security.