SDI Productions Student loan borrowers who want to repay the balance owed with their 529 college savings plan should think twice. President Donald Trump signed the Secure Act into law last week. It will take effect on Jan. 1. In addition to changing the way you save for retirement, the legislation also allows you to
Month: December 2019
Getty Many of the best retirement saving strategies use employer-sponsored retirement plans like a 401(k), or individual plans like an IRA or Roth IRA. These retirement savings vehicles provide credit protections, preferential tax treatment to the investments, and in some cases, sizable tax deductions for contributions. For instance, when you save in a 401(k), you
Getty It’s the tenth day of my 12 Days of Charitable Giving for 2019. Readers have suggested deserving charities over the past few weeks, and I’ll be posting the results here. Today’s charity is The Sunday Love Project. The Mission of The Sunday Love Project is to share food amongst the homeless, while simultaneously building
The molded plywood and leather Eames Lounge and Ottoman has never gone out of production since … [+] introduced in 1956. Herman Miller Charles and Ray Eames produced the Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman in 1956, when the couple was in the first flush of their success. During World War II, they had designed and
Investors should take a look at a company’s fundamentals in order to decipher a “signal” from the “noise” in a particular stock’s moves in the market, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said. A signal means that the shares will keep running in the same direction. Noise, on the other hand, is just noise, which could be a
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., December 9, 2019. Brendan McDermid | Reuters U.S. Treasury yields climbed slightly on Thursday in holiday-thinned trading. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves inversely to price, was higher at 1.910%, while the yield on the
Beau Lark/Corbis/VCG The #MeToo movement is forcing insurers who provide coverage for high-profile executives accused of sexual harassment and assault, such as disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, to rethink their business. A number of companies that sell so-called employment practices liability insurance are demanding higher deductibles, restricting coverage for businesses in high-risk industries such as
As a bond provides a contractual right to a series of future payments received at specified points of time, the price for a bond is simply the present discounted value of the future cash flows. The face value of a bond will be repaid at maturity. A zero-coupon bond provides only a bond’s face value,
Create space for your New Years resolutions Thought Catalog on Unsplash It’s that time of year again when we begin to think about new year’s resolutions. The beginning of a new decade couldn’t be a better time to do this. It’s important to keep in mind that living in an environment that supports your health,
Donald Trump in Home Alone 2 Source: YouTube The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. said Thursday that a TV version of the Christmas movie “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,” which erased a cameo from President Donald Trump, was edited years before Trump became president. The Trump-free version of the 1992 film, which aired on the
Jiangsu Pilot Free Trade Zone Lianyungang Area on November 28, 2019 in Jiangsu Province of China. Wang Chun | VCG | Getty Images China’s fourth-quarter economic growth may have been “the weakest of 2019” — but it still showed an improvement compared to the previous quarter and to the same period a year ago, a
Microsoft CEO Satya Narayana Nadella. Tobias Schwarz | AFP | Getty Images Growth in Microsoft’s cloud computing segment could fuel a big run for the software giant in 2020, according to Bank of America. Analysts at the bank named Microsoft one of its top software picks for 2020, raising the price target on the stock
Dan Herron, CPA, at the New York City Marathon in 2013 Dan Herron, CPA Dan Herron, CPA, didn’t want to be the bearer of bad news, yet there he was explaining to a couple why they owed the federal government approximately $10,000 in taxes on their 2018 return. “They were used to paying around $1,100,”
Happy senior couple during the meeting with agent or financial consultant, signing some agreement in … [+] the comfortable office Getty The Secure Act may delay the impact of Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) primarily for Traditional IRA holders approaching retirement. RMDs function as you might expect. Essentially, they require you to take a withdrawal from
Are you better off than you were three years ago? Tax cut calculator Forbes Taxpayers will be pondering the tax cut in April, and again in November. I decided to do a little experimenting with the tax code, using a spreadsheet that I invite you to download. The 2017 tax cut that its main promoter
Happy couple is taking keys from their new house from broker and smiling. Hands of estate agent … [+] giving keys to the couple. The agent handed the keys a young couple Getty Previously, I laid out a few situations where it makes more sense to rent rather than buy a home, but what about
An Amazon Prime package Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Contributor Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Amazon — Shares of Amazon jumped over 3%, leading the gains in the S&P 500, after the e-commerce giant said this was its best holiday shopping season ever this year. Amazon said in a statement that
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, November 4, 2019. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stock futures pointed to a higher open on Thursday morning, adding to a record-setting rally in the year-end. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose about 36 points, implying a 31-point gain at the open. Futures
Donald Trump Carlo Allegri | Reuters President Donald Trump’s stock market stacks up well against the majority of his presidential predecessors. The S&P 500 has returned more than 50% since Trump was elected, more than double the 23% average market return of presidents three years into their term, according to data from Bespoke Investment Group
For most households, sticking to a budget is apparently far easier said than done. Even though most consumers (74%) say they have a budget, 79% of them fail to stick to it, according to research from crowd-sourced shopping platform SlickDeals.net. On average, the weekly amount that people spend — not including bills like mortgage or
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