Lost retirement assets includes two components, calculated based on the lost earnings and wage growth: savings from a traditional 401 (k) account and Social Security.
The total lost income to households is reported in three components — a so - called rule of thumb lost wages, lost wage growth, and
lost retirement assets.
Not exact matches
The argument here is that
retirement plans should be diversified, to reduce the participants» risk of
losing all their
assets.
That, in addition to the
lost opportunity to grow the
assets, result in a reduced
retirement account.
From 1 July 2017, a fund will
lose the income tax exemption for
assets supporting TRISs and similar superannuation income streams that are not in the
retirement phase from this time.
Anyway, my point is, in all the letters on this topic there is not 1TOTALLY CLEAR CUT reason (or excuse) to cash in
retirement assets, pay the 10 % penalty (under 59 1/2 years old), the federal and state tax, pay broker fees if applicable AND
LOSE the long term growth potential for the funds for 10... 20... 30 years!!!
During the same period, savings and investment
assets (apart from
retirement savings)
lost $ 1.2 trillion and pension
assets lost $ 1.3 trillion.
Instead of
losing everything, including your
retirement savings, you walk away with your
assets intact and a sense of normalcy about your life.
Tamir's SMSF has other
assets, so he didn't
lose everything, but it will affect how long his
retirement income lasts.
I tell anyone who will listen that as long as they have a reasonable
asset allocation for their age, their biggest
retirement risk comes not from
losing money on their investments, but from the potential impact of inflation.
If transferring an existing
retirement plan into an IRA, you should be aware that (i) Those
assets will no longer be subject to the protections of ERISA (if applicable)(ii) depending on the investments and services selected for the IRA, you may pay more or less in transaction costs than when the
assets are in the Plan, (iii) if you are between the age of 55 and 59 1/2, you would
lose the ability to potentially take penalty - free withdrawals from the plan, (iv) if you continue working past age 70 1/2 and transferred your plan
assets to a new employer's plan, you would not be subject to required minimum distribution and (v) withdrawing
assets directly would be subject to federal and applicable state and local taxes and possibly be subject to the IRS penalty of 10 % if under age 59 1/2.
Our
retirement accounts and other
assets were saved, thanks to Wes, so we did not
lose anything significant through our bankruptcy.
Lawsuit Risk: When you remove money from your 401K
retirement account you
lose the protection those
assets have from lawsuits, bankruptcy and other claims against your
assets.
The older you are when you divorce, the more you may stand to
lose with
retirement accounts and accumulated
assets.
If either of you dies prematurely, covering for that
lost income could deplete your
retirement savings or other
assets and leave your children grappling for ways to pay for college.
With such heavy reliance on a parent's
asset to fund a child's home, what happens when the newly bought home is not appraised for the purchase price — which is rather common — or when an adult child's home
loses value during a downturn, and does not sell for enough to repay an aging parent's
retirement savings?
(I'm sure the big investment firms don't want to
lose all of those
retirement assets under management!)