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Practical Information for Financial Success

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Cost of Retirement

Use this calculator to estimate how much income and savings you may need in retirement.

Roth IRA Conversion

This calculator can help you determine whether you should consider converting to a Roth IRA.

Estate Taxes

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

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It's Not Too Late to Consider Life Insurance

Results from one survey suggest that confidence in financial security tends to increase as life insurance coverage increases.

HOT TOPIC: Social Security and Medicare in Crosshairs

An entitlement crisis has been looming on the horizon for several years. Unfortunately, according to the latest reports from the trustees of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds, a spike in unemployment has helped to hasten the arrival of these programs’ insolvency.

HOT TOPIC: The Fed Plans to Spend Trillion or More to Spur Growth

For the first time in a generation, the Federal Reserve has undertaken a campaign to influence long-term interest rates, a departure from recent monetary policy that has focused almost exclusively on short-term rates.

A Long Look at the National Debt

To better comprehend the size and scope of the national debt, it helps to measure it against the size of the overall economy.

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