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Calculators

Roth IRA Conversion

This calculator can help you determine whether you should consider converting to a Roth IRA.

IRA Eligibility

Use this calculator to determine whether you qualify for the different types of IRAs.

Required Minimum Distributions

Estimate the annual required distribution from your traditional IRA or former employer's retirement plan after you turn age 70.

Long-Term Care Self Insurance

Will you be able to afford nursing home care?

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Newsletters

It’s Your Home, Not Your Retirement

Although downsizing or using a reverse mortgage to free up home equity can be appropriate for some older retirees, planning to rely on your home to fund your retirement is a corner you may not want to paint yourself into.

More Reasons to Convert

Thanks to tax law changes, converting traditional IRA assets to a Roth IRA, or rolling over employer-sponsored retirement plans to a Roth, has become more attractive.

The Consumer Price Index and You

Inflation is a long-term, sustained rise in the general level of prices, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

Oil's Above-Ground Problems

It used to be that the main concern about oil was finding enough of it in the ground to meet world demand. Despite dire predictions to the contrary, most experts believe that there is still plenty of oil in the ground. Why then has the price of oil doubled since 2004?

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