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A surgeon earning $500,000 a year retires at 62 with $500,000 in a 401(k) and assumes the hard part is over. At the standard 4% withdrawal rate, that portfolio generates $20,000 per year in income.

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This may be the perfect time to convert a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA.

For many people in that situation, Roth conversions are the solution. Simply move funds out of a traditional retirement ...

A Detroit listener named Dave put a sharper question to financial advisor Wes Moss than most people bother to ask: if Roth ...

Roth conversions can be far cheaper right after retirement. This short window before Social Security and RMDs can ...

Roth conversions have become one of the most aggressively marketed planning strategies in the advisory business, but the industry’s understanding of when they work for a client and when they don’t ...