August 27, 2022

Maxing Out My 401k
Maxing Out My 401k

This may surprise some readers but this is actually the first year I’ll have maxed out my 401(k) contributions. That’s right, nearly 10 years into my working career this is the first time I’ll have contributed the max allowed by the IRS (the tax authority). That amount is $19,500 for 2021. On the other hand…

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Documentary: Navigating a 401k World

Early in this new documentary, the director’s message seems to be that retirement finances are messy, elusive, and too complicated for mere mortals to understand. He’s right on all counts. Filmmaker Doug Orchard reminds us in “The Baby Boomer Dilemma: An Exposé on America’s Retirement Experiment” that there are no easy solutions for Social Security,…

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