Self-Directed IRA Investing

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Automatic IRA a Good Idea?

July 17th, 2010 · No Comments

Are Automatic IRAs a good idea?

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Tags: IRA · PENSCO Trust Company · Retirement · Roth IRA · pension plan · retirement funds · self-directed IRA

Are you Eligible to Convert to a Roth IRA?

April 19th, 2010 · No Comments

Fourth in a series of articles addressing this year’s Roth IRA conversion opportunity, this article discusses the types of retirement plans that can be converted and those who are eligible to convert and those not.  The article and links to the first three articles can be found here.
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Tags: Alternative Investments · Finacial Advisor · IRA · PENSCO Trust Company · Retirement · Roth IRA · Trust deeds · baby boomers · economy · loans · mortgage · pension plan · private equity · real estate · retirement funds · self-directed IRA · solo(k)

To Roth or Not to Roth . . .

March 25th, 2010 · No Comments

This is the first of three of my blog entries about the 2010 opportunity to convert a traditional IRA or pension plan to a Roth IRA.  It can be found on Jeff Brown’s blog at www.bawldguy.com .   This is an important opportunity, available for the first time to all Americans, to build a tax-free savings [...]

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Tags: Alternative Investments · IRA · PENSCO Trust Company · Retirement · Roth IRA · baby boomers · economy · pension plan · retirement funds · self-directed IRA

Florida Learning Experience Coming Soon-Join us!

February 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

Join us in sunny Ft. Lauderdale on Tuesday, March 9th, at the Marriott Renaissance Hotel, 1617 Southeast 17th Street from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., for our next Advanced Educational Event. To learn more about this event and to register, or to register for one of other Advanced Educational events scheduled for South San [...]

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2010 Roth Conversion Opportunity

January 20th, 2010 · No Comments

By now you are probably aware of the new rule permitting conversion from a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA, regardless of your income or tax-filing status. This ruling, effective January 1st, 2010, also allows you to spread the tax impact of the conversion over three years-skipping 2010 altogether and splitting the tax between [...]

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Tags: IRA · Retirement · Roth IRA · retirement funds · self-directed IRA