Weekly Market Commentary

Weekly Market Commentary

The holiday-shortened week produced gains across US indices and saw an emerging market ETF break out to all-time highs.  The start of the Chinese Lunar New Year and Ramadan tempered international trading volumes.  The tail end of Q4 earnings continued to show...

Real Life Scenario: Minor as EDB Beneficiary

  By Andy Ives, CFP®, AIF® IRA Analyst A member of Ed Slott’s Elite Advisor Group℠ emailed us recently with a question about a minor child as beneficiary of her father’s IRA. The question was brief, and I think the expectation was that our reply would be of...

How In-Plan Roth Conversions Work

  By Ian Berger, JD IRA Analyst In the January 5 edition of the Slott Report, we mentioned that the federal Thrift Savings Plan (for government workers and the military) started offering in-plan Roth conversions on January 28. This article will provide more...