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Income Annuities Guide

Find out if income annuities can play a role in your retirement plan.

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Life Expectancy Calculator

What is your life expectancy?

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Retirement Toolbox

Tools to help you begin the process of ensuring the retirement lifestyle you want.

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Estate Taxes

Use this calculator to estimate the federal estate taxes that could be due on your estate after you die.

Personal Inflation Rate

Is your personal inflation rate higher or lower than the CPI?

Risk Tolerance

This calculator is designed to help you clarify your comfort level with investment risk.

Mortgage Acceleration

This calculator can help you determine how soon you can pay off your mortgage.

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HOT TOPIC: The Federal Estate Tax Is Back and May Be Here to Stay

The estate tax has been reinstated after being allowed to lapse in 2010. The new estate tax provisions are the most generous in decades — but they are temporary. A far more stringent estate tax is slated to take effect after 2012. Fortunately, a properly structured trust may help some families reduce their potential exposure to the estate tax.

Roth IRA Conversion Mistakes Can Be Costly

One popular way to fund a Roth IRA is by transferring assets from a traditional IRA or an employer-sponsored retirement plan. This type of transaction, called a Roth IRA conversion, is simple in theory but can be complicated in practice. If you make certain mistakes, you could lose some key advantages.

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Japan’s economy hasn’t been on solid ground since the 1990s, but now it must grapple with rebuilding after an earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear accident that have caused economic losses expected to surpass $300 billion. What is the outlook for Japan and the effects the nation's disasters could have on the world economy and financial markets?

Fixed for Life

More than 40% of Americans ages 36 and older are at risk of running out of money in retirement, according to a retirement readiness study. In fact, almost one-third of people with upper-middle incomes and 13% with high incomes may not be able to pay for basic retirement expenses and uninsured health-care costs after two decades in retirement.

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