retirees

Retirees with surprise IRS bills: Options when you can’t pay in full

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The IRS offers programs designed to help taxpayers, including retirees, better manage their tax debt. FRANCESCO CARTA/Getty Images Retirement is supposed to be the finish line, not the starting point for a new financial crisis. Every year, though, millions of retirees open a tax bill they didn’t see coming, and for many, that one bill … Read more

Why retirees may want to reassess gold after recent market uncertainty

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In an environment defined by market uncertainty, gold’s retirement role has become harder to argue against. Creativ Studio Heinemann/Getty Images Most retirement portfolios were never really built for today’s economic landscape. The classic 60/40 split — stocks for growth, bonds for stability — made perfect sense in a world where those two assets reliably moved … Read more