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Six Retirement Account Options Every Retiree Must Know. Each has it’s own advantages and disadvantages:

1 – Leave your money in your employer’s plan

2 – Move your money to your new employer’s plan.

3 – Roll your money into an IRA.

4 – Take a Lump Sum Distribution

5 – Convert your plan assets to a Roth IRA

6 – Make an in-plan Roth conversion

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Jim Lorenzen is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER^® professional and An Accredited Investment Fiduciary^®in his 21st year of private practice as Founding Principal of The Independent Financial Group, a fee-based registered investment advisor. He is also licensed for insurance as an independent agent under California license 0C00742. IFG helps specializes in crafting wealth design strategies around life goals by using a proven planning process coupled with a cost-conscious objective and non-conflicted risk management philosophy.

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How To Do a 401(k) Rollover.

April 17, 2025

If you’ve changed jobs or are getting ready to retire, don’t leave your old retirement account behind. Rolling over your employer-sponsored plan—like a 401(k) or 403(b)—into an IRA or new employer’s plan keeps your money growing tax-deferred and gives you more control over your investments.

How to Plan for a Tax Free Retirement

April 4, 2025

The Big Picture:

For years, baby boomers drove the housing market, and much of the economy, as they moved into their first homes, began raising families, and moved-up to larger homes finally ending-up in the “McMansions” we’re all familiar with today. The boomers are now older—they’re no longer moving up. In fact, they’re just beginning to “decumulate” and downsize.