For seven-time Met Gala attendee Jordan Roth, each trip up the museum’s vaunted red-carpeted staircase is a chance to outdo his previous gauntlet-throwing displays of sartorial drama and whimsy. This ...

Once a Roth IRA meets the five-year rule and age 59½, you can withdraw even if still working. Accessing a 401(k) while employed depends on plan rules, loans, and hardship withdrawal options.

It used to be that Roth 401(k)s forced savers to take required minimum distributions, or RMDs. But that's no longer the case. Now, Roth 401(k)s offer higher earners in particular a world of options.

If you have taken distributions from any tax-deferred retirement account, you know that the distribution is reported on IRS Form 1099-R. A Form 1099-R is not usually issued for money that is added to ...

Roth conversions to secure tax-free withdrawals during retirement are gaining popularity as Ge n X gets closer to retirement, but financial advisers warn that the decision to convert should be ...

With his father, the artist Dieter Roth, and later his own sons, he created unconventional installations that he described as a “search for beauty in nothing.” By Will Heinrich Björn Roth, who as ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

Many investors within five years or so of retirement have the bulk of their savings in traditional tax-deferred 401(k)s and individual retirement accounts, instead of the after-tax Roth versions of ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

The Roth IRA is one of the most widely held retirement accounts in the United States. According to ICI’s 2024 study, there are an estimated 34.6 million roth accounts today, trailing only the ...

Roth 401(k) and Roth IRA contributions occur on an after-tax basis. You can withdraw Roth funds tax-free in retirement. The original account owner also avoids future required withdrawals, which ...

Nearly all practicing physicians in the U.S. obtained their post-graduate training positions through "the match." Prior to the 1950s, internship and residency matching were done by ad hoc individual ...