Jamie is 42 years old and received a $20,000 distribution for his roth ira established in 2009. at the time of distribution, the roth ira account totaled 33,748: $18,000 regular contributions, $10,000 taxable conversion contributions made in 2014, and 5,748 earnings. how much of his distribution is taxable and subject to the early distribution penalty?

Your subscription to investing wisely weekly is about to expire. you plan to subscribe to the magazine for the rest of your life, and you can renew it by paying $85 annually, beginning immediately, or you can get a lifetime subscription for $620, also payable immediately. assuming that you can earn 6.0% on your funds and that the annual renewal rate will remain constant, how many years must you live to make the lifetime subscription the better buy?