ICI’s latest research shows that individual retirement accounts (IRAs) are a significant component of U.S. households’ ...

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Many people use individual retirement accounts — more commonly known as IRAs — to save up money for their non-working years. Investing in an IRA is an effective way to make sure you're setting ...

When entering retirement, would it be best to transfer your pension fund and 401(k) from your employer account to your own personal individual retirement account (IRA), keeping them under one roof?

plan or individual retirement account without planning for future taxes. Those pre-tax funds, however, can be handy in some cases, experts say. Often, investors roll pre-tax 401(k) accounts into ...