How to Keep Those Health Resolutions in 2017
Motley Fool Answers
The Motley Fool
4.4 • 823 Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2017
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Health and wealth are closely linked so this week we’re trying to help you keep your New Year’s resolution to take better care of yourself (yes, we know you at least thought about it). We look at the science of motivation and incentives, the importance of an Accountabili-Bestie, and more. We’ll also answer your question about if maxing out your 401k and Roth contributions is enough to retire on and review some healthy habit apps.
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| 0:00.0 | This week's episode of Motley Fool Answers is brought to you by Green Chef. You can start the new year right by eating healthy and saving money. |
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| 0:19.1 | This is Motleyful Answers. I'm Alison Southwick and I'm joined as always by Robert Brokamp, personal finance expert here |
| 0:24.7 | at The Motley Fool. |
| 0:25.6 | We're also going to be joined later today by a few special guests. |
| 0:28.5 | Very exciting. |
| 0:29.5 | Very exciting. |
| 0:30.5 | On this week's episode, we're going to tackle how you can be healthier in 2017 and |
| 0:34.1 | really honestly keep those New Year's resolutions. |
| 0:36.6 | We're also going to answer your question about whether you could retire on the maxed-out 401K and Roth IRA contributions alone, and we'll review some apps that promise to get you into ship shape. |
| 0:46.4 | All that and more on this week's episode of Molly Full Answers. |
| 0:49.7 | It's time for Answers, and this week's question comes from Greg. |
| 0:53.2 | Greg writes, what is the basis for the 18, Answers, and this week's question comes from Greg. Greg writes, |
| 0:54.3 | What is the basis for the 18, 401k and 5500 Roth IRA contribution yearly limits? Is saving |
| 1:03.0 | 23,500 each year in the market enough for most people to retire in their 60s? |
| 1:09.4 | Good questions, Greg. There are really two questions. One is a little bit about the history |
| 1:12.0 | of these accounts and second of all are, can you retire by maxing those out. So let's start |
| 1:17.0 | with a little bit of the history. The IRA, IRA actually stands for individual retirement |
| 1:20.7 | arrangement, not account, although it has evolved to stand also for account. But yeah, you |
| 1:26.5 | look at publication 590, the IRS code, which I'm sure you all have. |
| 1:30.5 | It's individual retirement arrangement. |
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