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IRA

1 American  
Or I.R.A.

Ira 2 American  
[ahy-ruh] / ˈaɪ rə /

noun

  1. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”


IRA British  

abbreviation

  1. Irish Republican Army

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This is because 28% of workers who roll over their accounts keep their IRA assets in cash for seven years or longer, according to Vanguard, typically leaving roughly $130,000 on the table that could have been generated in retirement wealth if the money had been invested in a diversified fund, such as a target-date fund.

From MarketWatch

In December, MI5 apologised after it was heavily criticised by a major police investigation into the IRA spy known as Stakeknife.

From BBC

Let’s say you went with the plan to start drawing down your nest egg now, and let’s round it up to $410,000, combining your own savings and the inherited IRA balance.

From MarketWatch

My sister-in-law left me part of her IRA when she passed and, due to the market, it fluctuates between $179,000 and $182,000 week to week.

From MarketWatch

After my sister-in-law left me the IRA, I purchased a house in Portsmouth, Va. I put my daughter on the deed so I could qualify for the mortgage.

From MarketWatch