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A deductible IRA can lower your tax bill by allowing you to deduct your contributions on your tax return - you essentially get a refund on the taxes you paid earlier in the year. You fund a ...

When you receive benefits you typically are not required to continue paying your premium. But if you then stop receiving those benefits - say, you needed nursing-home care for just a few months ...

Not until you reach retirement age. Typically that's 65, though many pension plans allow you to start collecting early retirement benefits as early as age 55. If you decide to start receiving ...

Maybe. It depends on whether your spouse chose a monthly payout based solely on his/her life expectancy, or a monthly payout that continues through your life - that is, the "joint and survivor ...

There are two basic types of annuities: deferred and immediate. With a deferred annuity, your money is invested for a period of time until you are ready to begin taking withdrawals, typically in ...

These are the events that led up to GM’s worldwide recall of 2.6 million cars, blamed for at least 13 deaths. During pre-production testing, GM engineers experience problems with ignition ...

Withdrawing money from an annuity can be a costly move, so make sure you review your plan's rules and federal law before you do. If you make withdrawals before you reach age 59 ½ , you will be ...

Wants to invent the Hyperloop, a system of tubes that lets passengers travel close to the speed of sound, going from San Francisco to LA in 30 minutes. Hopes to perfect a 'rocket plane' to ...

A pension is a retirement account that an employer maintains to give you a fixed payout when you retire. It's a kind of defined benefit plan. Your payout typically depends on how long you worked ...

Obama administration outlines plans for more Arctic oil drilling, but says new leases won't be granted until 2016 to allow more time for studies. More ...