Saving for retirement can be difficult for married spouses who stay home to care for family or have scant income. But there ...

Spouses who inherit a Roth IRA from their spouse have several options for how to handle it. If they are the sole beneficiary, spouses can designate themselves as the account owner and avoid ...

Spousal IRAs are just regular Roth or traditional IRAs that are used by married couples. They are not joint accounts; each IRA is set up in the name of an individual spouse.

An IRA — a tax-advantaged investment account — is a woman’s ticket to closing the retirement savings gap. Here are the main ...

Roth IRAs can be an attractive addition to your portfolio, but boy, are they surrounded by rules and regulations. It's easy ...

If you inherit a Roth IRA from a parent or non-spouse who died in 2020 or later, you can: Open an inherited IRA and withdraw all the funds within 10 years. You do not have RMDs, but the maximum ...

The IRA itself isn't different — it still comes in a traditional or Roth IRA type — but is referred to as "spousal" because contributions come from the working spouse's income, even though the ...

Ideally, though, you should coordinate investments in a spousal IRA with other retirement plans, such as the working spouse’s 401(k) and traditional or Roth IRA.

Inherited IRAs and spousal IRAs are two different types of accounts that you can use for retirement planning. An inherited IRA is created when someone inherits that account, often from a non-spouse.

A surviving spouse can roll an inherited IRA into an IRA in their name. Then, they can convert that money to a Roth IRA. This isn’t an option for nonspouse beneficiaries.

Inherited IRAs and spousal IRAs are two different types of accounts that you can use for retirement planning. An inherited IRA is created when someone inherits that account, often from a non-spouse.

Spouses who inherit a Roth IRA from their spouse have several options for how to handle it.; If they are the sole beneficiary, spouses can designate themselves as the account owner and avoid ...