Keogh plan
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"Keogh" was the name given to retirement plans sponsored by a sole proprietor or partnership. These retirement plans are now nearly identical to corporate-sponsored defined benefit or defined contribution plans, and the name "Keogh" has become obsolete.
However, prior to 1984, there were substantial differences in the retirement plans a sole proprietorship or partnership could offer its employees. You (as a sole proprietor or partner) or an unincorporated business you worked for may have established a Keogh plan to provide for some of your retirement needs with the same tax advantages employees of large corporations receive.
You may have participated in a profit sharing defined contribution Keogh which let you (if you were the employer) or your employer decide annually how much to contribute to the plan. It allowed an annual contribution of 20% of income up to $42,000 for each participant. Another option would have been a money purchase defined contribution Keogh.
There were also defined benefit Keogh plans, but these were rare.
If some of your retirement income is coming from a Keogh plan that you control, you can change investments within the plan and still maintain their tax-deferred status until you decide to withdraw the money. You may be able to roll all your money in the plan over to another tax-deferred investment at any time without incurring taxes.
