Some retirement planning lessons from the Great Recession include: Protect your 401 (k) during a recession. Diversify your ...

It’s a wise move to plan ahead for the taxes you’ll pay on retirement income, including eventual required minimum distributions (RMDs). Instead of waiting until the RMD deadline to start thinking ...

Unlike a 401(k), you can make contributions to an IRA in retirement, but only with earned, taxable income. That means you can’t take portfolio gains and reinvest them in an IRA. A financial ...

You don’t even get taxed on your capital gains. It’s a good way to balance a traditional 401(k) where you will get taxed later but don’t have to deal with any taxation on those contributions ...

considerable gains in their brokerage accounts and now if they end up selling, that's going to generate a big tax bill for them." What should I do about my 401(k) if I'm in my 20's or 30's?