Many people use individual retirement accounts, or IRAs, to save for retirement because they're not tied to your workplace and offer unique tax benefits. CNBC Select has named the top IRAs in a ...

The Roth IRA — a popular retirement account — is similar to a traditional IRA in that you can regularly contribute to the account and watch your investments grow so you have a nest egg to tap into ...

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A Roth IRA is an individual retirement account that you fund with after-tax dollars. While you don't get a tax break now, your contributions and investment earnings grow tax-free. Many, or all, of the ...

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Roth IRA requires you to wait five years from the first contribution to withdraw earnings tax-free. Each Roth conversion starts a new five-year waiting period for penalty-free withdrawals. Inherited ...

401(k) to Roth IRA conversion requires you to pay taxes on the converted amount in the year of the conversion. Check with your employer to learn if you're eligible to make a direct 401(k) to Roth IRA ...

The IRS unveiled contribution limit changes for popular retirement plans, including 401(k) plans and IRAs. Americans who contribute to 401(k) and 403(b) plans, as well as governmental 457 plans and ...

When his wife, Kathy, inherited a $246,000 traditional individual retirement account from her mother last year, Brian Creighton said they felt blessed and wanted to be good stewards of the money. The ...