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What Can Go Wrong – Naming a Beneficiary

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Here are some ways you can mess it up when making beneficiary designations. All of your estate planning needs to head in the same direction and should be reviewed in whole to insure that the distributions you intend to make are actually clear in the documents. You make your estate your beneficiary. The IRA goes to the ex-spouse.

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5 Reasons Why You Should Invest in Gold

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There are benefits and disadvantages to each of them and it really depends on what type of investor you when you make the choice. Have you looked at your 401K and almost choked because of its decline? Making the Decision to Invest In Gold. Deciding which type of gold investment to pursue will take some research on your part.

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Seniors – Keep Your Allocations

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Vanguard’s Personal Financial Planner thought I should change invest all my retirement money in bonds when I moved it from my 401K to an IRA. We need to make sure our base grows over his lifetime, especially since we hope to leave a legacy to our children and grandchildren. The bond market was at a high at the time.

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