Since 2020 members of the Ruedi Wealth team have been writing weekly investing and retirement planning columns for our local newspaper, The News-Gazette.
With a traditional 401(k) you lower your taxable income and save on taxes now; with a Roth 401(k) you pay taxes now and withdraw tax-free in the future. So naturally, the option that will provide you the most benefit depends on whether your tax rate is higher now, or in the future.
You’re retired. Your checking account is getting low and you need to refill it by withdrawing from your investment portfolio. You must ask yourself…
What separates sensible investing from reckless speculating?
If a genius like Sir Isaac Newton can get swept up in an investor mania and fall victim to his own emotions, then clearly no amount of intelligence can guarantee against investing mistakes.
What was hyped as the investment of the century turned out to be yet another cautionary tale about the dangers of chasing the hot stock of the day. Though some initial investors had the chance to come out ahead, almost every post-IPO buyer of SpaceX is currently sitting on losses.
As strange as it sounds, I often tell clients I hope they get a tough bear market early in retirement. That is because a bear market is the ultimate test of a retirement planning process.