Tag: secure 2.0

Blue notebook with roth and traditional 401(k)s written next to each other with + and - signs underneath

Eliminating required minimum distributions makes Roth 401(k)s much more valuable. Something snuck by me.  The SECURE 2.0 Act eliminated required minimum distributions (RMDs) for Roth 401(k)s.  At first glance, that change seems relatively harmless.  After all, the account holders paid taxes up front, so why force them to withdraw their money.  What that rationale ignores…

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Are ESOPs actually a good idea? Warren Buffet is known to have said about diversification: “[it] makes very little sense for anyone that knows what they’re doing.”  As someone with his retirement savings mainly in diversified index funds, that quote hurts.  Then again, when it comes to my retirement savings, I don’t really have t…