When it comes to building a retirement nest egg, you have a choice. You could put money into a traditional IRA or 401 (k) for the immediate tax break on your contributions. Or you could give up that ...

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Dear Quentin, My wife and I are in our early 40s. She has a Roth with $85,000; I have no retirement savings. We’re a few months away from paying away all high-interest debt, and when that happens, ...

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