Part of the fear that drives investors to products such as variable annuities, equity-indexed annuities, and the false promises of active...

SmartMoney has several pieces this month on how to fix your 401(k). Chief among them from my perspective is to get a second opinion, and...

You’ve been contributing diligently to your 401(k), paying down debt, and are starting to wonder if there is something else you could be...

Many workers have the option to remove their money from potentially high-cost workplace retirement plans before retirement. In my last...

Here is a piece by Carolyn Bigda of the Chicago Tribune which covers the spousal IRA, which allows couples to contribute to an IRA...

Originally published 4/16/2010 at the Financial Planning Association's All Things Financial Planning Blog Robert Schmansky, CFP(r) Roth...

Originally published April 5, 2010 at the Financial Planning Association's All Things Financial Planning Blog Robert Schmansky, CFP(r) It...

One of the products that has been stung in the retirement product race are variable annuities with benefits for retirement income. Here...

Is the insecurity at The Hartford what’s to come for investors in variable annuity benefits Growing up, ‘The Greatest American Hero’ was...