IRA/CD withdrawal questions
angelaid_gw
7 years ago
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maifleur01
7 years agoElmer J Fudd
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoRelated Discussions
Anyone have a Roth IRA?
Comments (13)Thanks meldy! I do have many places. I had this guy who has been working with my dear friend, who lost her husband very suddenly last year, helping me. I've been to the SSI retirement symposium so that I could hear what I might need to tell mom who is just about to retire (age 70 next year), and what I might start doing to position myself. I saw him in action there; he was giving the right advice. "Don't take Medicare until as late as possible", if nothing else, but there was more, and he was right on. I've been teaching my son that too, showing him how compound interest was the most important part, so much so, that he could invest X, by age X, and if it averaged X, then he'd have millions by the time he retired (way earlier than 65), even if he quit at a certain point... that he wanted to start now and doesn't plan to quit investing in it. He started his retirement nest egg at age 8 (three years ago), and will put it into his first CD by the mid-year next year ($1,000 minimum), which is pretty good because he started out with getting only $15 a month for everything he does, and although it's up to $45, that's all he ever get. Anything else, he'll have to work a job (to pay for a car, gas, insurance, designer clothes, etc.). He's never taken anything out of the retirement fund because he has another savings that he takes from when he wants the "big" things and already has spending money set aside. I think he'll do it. As long as some wretch doesn't get her hands on it later on. It has been fast because we knew how to pare down, set aside exactly what was needed for the bare bills, save as much as possible, and some small amount is now being added as investment. Some time next year, they'll get switched. The bigger savings will be all investment fund with a bit going into CDs. And I'll go back to my own personal having-fun-with-the-stock-market investing. I can make big bucks with that, even when the market is down. And God is good. That too. Moreso, because of that. :)...See MoreInherited IRA
Comments (6)Be aware you will probably pay a fee for closing out the IRA and moving it. Standard stuff, just so you know. Banks tends to charge higher management fees than a good discount brokerage, and offer a generally poorer choice of funds to pick from. If you are scared of the market and want to keep the money in CDs, check out the bank they are currently held at as to how their rates compare against the competition. The website http://cdrates.bankaholic.com/ shows you rates and can sort by term, but they do not verify the financial health of the bank. Do some homework here and pick a bank thatÂs safe even if not the highest fractional return. A lot of banks are in trouble but the FDIC doesnÂt publish that list so it can be hard to find out if a bank is real danger of being taken over. If you don't know how to move an IRA I would certainly not classify you as someone who should be investing in individual stocks! Mutual funds (stocks aka equities) and short-term bond funds would be a better investment. To move an account, open an account at any brokerage or financial institution  theyÂll usually let you do it on-line  first. See my caveats below about proper titling. THIS IS IMPORTANT! Once the account is active (entered into the system), the brokerage/FI will contact your motherÂs bank and get the funds transferred over. You do not and should not ever have to Âtouch the funds. Schwab ranks high for customer service and widest variety of available funds. Vanguard is discount but you can only invest in Vanguard funds - they have some very good ones but also some real dogs with similar names so it can be tricky. There's an analyst who posts on-line and he specializes in Vanguard funds only, with interesting analyses of why one fund is a good investment but another similar Vanguard might not be. This is fascinating reading but more than you probably want to do. Similar to Vanguard but with several funds ranked highly by Money magazine for overall return in their recent survey is T. Rowe Price. You might want to check the Money magazine website to read the full results of the survey article. Fidelity is the biggest pension funds broker/manager but I donÂt consider them the best from a funds standpoint. Caveats: The 2 critical things about Inherited IRAs are titling and distributions. You can have IRS difficulties if either of these is messed up. Wherever you move your IRA to, stay on top of these issues, because the IRS considers it your responsibility, no one else's. Titling an Inherited IRA: NEVER combine an Inherited IRA with your personal IRA funds. The title of the account should be: "Inherited IRA deceasedname fbo yourname". So if I inherit an IRA from my mother, it is titled "Inherited IRA Susan B. Anthony fbo JKom51". FBO means 'for benefit of' and it is acceptable to use the acronym. - Distributions must continue if your mother was taking them, but they are calculated on your life expectancy....See MoreTax/IRA Question
Comments (9)No one can answer this without way more detailed data. You need to share: -What your AGI was last year -Your total tax bill last year -How much tax was witheld last year -How much you owe the IRS from the difference between the 2 above -What penalties and interest they are charging you (including details on when more penalties are being added) -What sort of payments you are making now, and what you are able to make if you squeeze your budget a little more. -What your income is projected to be this year -How big your retirement nest egg is, and in what form (401k, IRA, Roth, etc.) -How old your husband is If you care to open your kimono and share all that, we might be able to provide you a little more educated guess, but the mathematical answer depends on your info above. For example, if you owe $10,000 and your income is $100,000 the answer is probably "just tighten your belt and pay it off in a few months." If you owe $100,000 and your income is $10,000, then you might have no other options than your retirement nest egg, regardless of how big it is. But all the other stuff factors in as well, like how fast the penalties and interest are piling up and what tax bracket you're in now....See Moreroth ira question
Comments (3)That depends on the financial institution with which you open the account. You need to find out if they are flexible enough in their procedures to enable you to add to your Roth account. You probably cannot add to the CD that you started with because CDs typically go for a certain period to maturity, and then they "mature," which means you need to open another one at the new prevailing interest rates. Adding to an existing CD, say, a few hundred dollars a month? I do not think so, but you can probably open a different account to enable you to do that. A question of strategy: Roth IRAs are tax free, which means that, although you pay tax on the initial contribution to the account, everything it earns after that is tax free. They are an excellent long term investment, money you just put in there and don't pay too much attention to it for a long, long time. Since your time horizon for a Roth is (or should be) at least 10 years, you can afford to take on more risk than a CD. To take advantage of the tax free feature, you need to keep the money in the Roth for a minimum time (I think at least 5 years, but I'm not sure of that). It therefore makes sense to think long term and take on more risk, say, an index fund of the whole stock market, or something like that....See Moremaifleur01
7 years agoangelaid_gw
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