Three Alternatives to Long Term Care Insurance

With so many companies leaving the long term care insurance market place, or raising premiums significantly, we are getting more and more questions about whether long term care insurance is really a smart purchase.You may have heard a government statistic quoted, probably by an insurance agent, stating something to the effect that 70% of people over 65 will need some form of long term care.

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Should You Reinvest Your Dividends?

We get asked this question all the time, and the answer we give most often might surprise you. In most cases, we suggest not reinvesting dividends. Here’s why: First, if you need income from your investments, it makes sense to generate some of that income from your dividends. After all, you’re going to pay tax on them whether you reinvest them or not. Unless, of course, the dividends are from an investment inside an IRA or 401(k).

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How to Use Your Roth IRA After You Retire

Because there is no required minimum distribution with a Roth IRA, most of the people we talk to about their Roth IRA accounts are thinking the best thing to do is to leave the account alone, ideally, never touching it themselves, and leaving it to their kids or other family members. If you are an heir, it’s much better to inherit…

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