Retirement Planning

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RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 10, 2013
Portability election emerges as new locus of estate planning

Despite a permanent tax exemption, investors of all sizes have issues to consider

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 08, 2013
MassMutual employees file suit against employer over management of 401(k)

The complaint alleges self-dealing, excessive fees in managing the $1 billion plan.

By James Comtois
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 07, 2013
Obama threatens to veto bill to delay DOL fiduciary-duty rule for retirement accounts

President Barack Obama has threatened to veto a bill that would halt -- or possibly kill -- a Labor Department regulation designed to strengthen investment advice standards for retirement plans. The bill would prohibit the DOL from proposing its regulation until 60 days after the Securities and Exchange Commission has finalized a similar rule to raise standards for brokers providing retail investment advice.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 07, 2013
10 questions to measure health care expenses

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 07, 2013
Clock ticking on changes for Medicare coverage

By MFXFeeder
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 06, 2013
Regulatory changes driving up demand for retirement plan advisers

Disclosures, investments and fees are key areas of focus, panelist say.

By Trevor Hunnicutt
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 04, 2013
IRA charitable deduction, 56 other tax goodies set to expire

Federal deductions for individuals for state and local taxes, as well as R&D credits for businesses also on list for Dec. 31 cutoff

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 04, 2013
Standing up for SSA employees

Social Security employees are highly trained professionals who put the public's interest first.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 03, 2013
Morningstar upgrades Schwab target date funds

Morningstar Inc. has upgraded its ratings on The Charles Schwab Corp.'s target date funds to “neutral,” from “negative,” because of improved performance, new leadership and stability.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 01, 2013
The rise of Social Security zombies

Mary Beth Franklin dishes on how the Social Security Administration sends millions in benefits to deceased people...and how, in some cases, people who are very much alive are declared dead.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 01, 2013
Social Security rules for divorced spouses

What to do when you get the wrong answer from the Social Security Administration

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING NOV 01, 2013
False alarm over Social Security rules for divorced spouses

What to do when you get the wrong answer from SSA

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 31, 2013
When working longer is the best option

Preparedness may mean staying on the job, but burned-out investors need an incentive

By Jamie Patrick Hopkins and David Littell
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 31, 2013
Lincoln National jumps into new fixed annuity business

Deferred-income annuities offer certainty but limitations too.

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 31, 2013
Edward Jones protected against VA ban by Protective

Insurer no longer taking 1035 exchanges or rollovers, but brokerage gets pass

By Darla Mercado
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 30, 2013
Collecting Social Security on your ex - dead or alive!

Benefits depend on if you remarry and when. How not to leave money on the table.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 30, 2013
Collecting Social Security on your ex – dead or alive!

Benefits depend on if you remarry and when.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 30, 2013
Social Security to release 2014 COLA data next week

Next week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will issue the September Consumer Price Index report, the final piece of data that the Social Security Administration needs to plug into its annual cost of living adjustment formula. Social Security benefits — and the taxable wage base for workers — will be slightly higher next year as a result of the COLA.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 30, 2013
Government shutdown delays Social Security COLA announcement

Labor Department says CPI report will not be released next week.

By Mary Beth Franklin
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 30, 2013
Mary Beth Franklin: Clients get two-fer when they postpone Social Security

They earn 8%-per-year delayed retirement credits plus annual COLAs

By Mary Beth Franklin