Should You Ask Your Boss for a Self-Directed 401(k) Option
A Self-Directed 401(k) can be a powerful tool for saving for retirement. But what if you find yourself in the position of an employee and you are not sure you […]
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How to Use Your IRA to Participate in the Amazon Delivery Service Boom
Amazon, the online retail and delivery services behemoth, is making an interesting offer to current employees: Quit your job to start a delivery business. In return, the company will pay […]
Divorce Will Likely Impact Your Self-Directed IRA Savings
On the list of life’s stressful events, divorce will usually appear as one of the top two or three. And why wouldn’t it? Divorce will likely mean convoluted finances, altered […]
Alternative Investing with a Self-Directed Roth IRA
For many years, conventional wisdom in retirement investing has promoted stocks, bonds, and mutual funds as the primary elements of a sound investment philosophy. But the stock market decline in […]
What You Need to Know About Accredited Investors
There’s a good chance that you have encountered the term “accredited investor” while you were researching an alternative investment recently. Not all that long ago being an accredited investor seemed […]
Five IRS Resources for Self-Directed IRA Savers
There’s a misconception out there: that the IRS is out to get you. It’s not. When you play by the rules, the IRS and Congress have made a lot of […]
Dividend Investing Strategies with a Self-Directed IRA
Why would someone looking to build a retirement nest egg care about dividends? The most obvious answer here is that dividends are the purest form of passive income. All you […]
How to Reinvest Profits from a Self-Directed IRA
You do not need a Self-Directed IRA to earn profits. In fact, one of Warren Buffett’s first investments, according to Entrepreneur, was not an expertly-placed pick in the stock market. […]
Five Tips Everyone Should Know Before Starting a Self-Directed IRA
When Mitt Romney disclosed that he held potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in retirement accounts thanks to self-directing and choosing wise private investments, it sent shockwaves through many retirement […]
Why Self-Directed IRA Compounding is the Most Powerful Retirement Math
There’s an old saying: when it rains, it pours. Usually, that’s supposed to refer to bad news. But what if your goal is to make it rain within a Self-Directed […]