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Intro to Retirement Planning: Basics Are Key to Achieving the Dream

Retirement should be a time when you can relax and enjoy yourself after years of work -- a time for living in plaid golf pants, teaching your pooch a new trick every afternoon, or working on one jigsaw puzzle after another.

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How Much Will You Need to Retire the Way You Want?

It's the question on every worker's mind: How much money do I need to live the retirement lifestyle I dream of?

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Late Starters Can Achieve Their Retirement Dream

What do you do when you wake up one day and realize retirement is right around the corner and your nest egg is more of a nest acorn?

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Intro to Asset Allocation: The Right Balance Positions Your Portfolio for Prosperity

Asset allocation - the way you spread your investment dollars among stocks, bonds and cash - is like deciding which eggs to put into which baskets.

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457 Plan Basics

A 457 plan is an employer-sponsored retirement plan offered by state and local governments and certain tax-exempt organizations. It is a deferred compensation plan that allows you to contribute to a retirement account and shelter those contributions from current taxation.

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When (and How) Should You Rebalance Your Portfolio?

The way you divide up your nest egg among the three main asset classes could mean the difference between retiring when and how you want to and having to adjust your plans.

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How Do Stocks Fit into My Retirement Plan?

For as long as the stock market's been around, there have been riveting stories of riches and ruination.

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Which Retirement Accounts Are Right for You?

For better or worse, retirement savings accounts don't come "one-size-fits-all." On the bright side, different eligibility requirements, tax treatment and contribution limits means the odds are pretty good that at least one account has everything you need and want.

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IRA Basics: Is the Traditional or Roth Right for You?

IRA -- those three little initials can play a big role in your retirement savings plan. That's because they protect you from three other little initials: IRS.

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Should You Convert Your Traditional IRA to a Roth?

Everyone wants options - paper or plastic, regular or decaf, sprinkles or dipped - but some choices are harder than others.