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Hi Tammy, Sorry about your husband's layoff. The rule you are speaking of states that an employee must be 55 or older in the year they "separate from service". Since technically he separated from service
Hi Tom, Since you have nothing that is considered "earned income" by the IRS, you are correct that you are not eligible for any type of IRA. Since your LTD would probably preclude you from working or
Hi Tom, Thanks for the nice feedback! 1) Yes, the internal rate of return is not that great inside of an immediate annuity. While you are withdrawing 7%+, keep in mind that much of that is return
Hi Tom, If you don't care about leaving anything behind and do not want access to or control of your principal, this would probably be a good choice as it is giving you a withdrawal rate of over 7%. As
Hi Richard, I guess it would really depend on the amount of assets she has and how complicated her needs may be. If she feels that she needs to do some comprehensive planning, she would probably be best
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