Introduction Cleaning out your attic is one of those unpleasant projects that is typically delayed, deferred, and dodged as long as possible. Not much fun. The benefit to biting the clean-up bullet on your attic is similar conceptually to cleaning up your estate and related planning. In both your attic and estate planning clean-up projects
Month: March 2023
In this article CSG.N-CH UBSG-CH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A sign on the roof of the Credit Suisse Group AG headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, on Thursday, March 16, 2023. Credit Suisse tapped the Swiss National Bank for as much as 50 billion francs ($54 billion) and offered to repurchase debt, seeking to stem
Even artificial intelligence wants to learn from Bill Gates. When the Microsoft co-founder sat down for an interview with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month, the two answered questions generated by a ChatGPT-like AI chatbot. The bot asked Gates about the best advice he’s ever received and how it has influenced his own life.
In this article SYK BJ ORCL DELL CRWD ALGM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A line of shoppers wait to enter BJ’s Wholesale Club market at the Palisades Center shopping mall during the coronavirus outbreak in West Nyack, New York, March 14, 2020. Mike Segar | Reuters Concerns about a bank crisis have added
PeopleImages | Getty Images Contemplating your own death may not be on the list of things you’re eager to do. Yet for your family or other loved ones who would find themselves trying to sort out your affairs while also dealing with the emotional fallout from losing you, your having a so-called estate plan is
“Held-to-maturity” is a phrase that has been thrown around a lot in the days following Silicon Valley Bank’s implosion. Here’s what it means, why it matters, and how you might avoid SVB‘s VB fatal mistakes in your own personal financial planning. SVB received an enormous amount of deposits from enterprising venture capital firms in the
Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about filing early to enable spousal benefits, whether to take divorced spousal benefits and when the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) applies to Social Security retirement benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc. See more Ask
In this article BMBL FRC CS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Nvidia’s A100 GPU, used to train ChatGPT and other generative AI, is shown at the demo center of Nvidia’s headquarters in Santa Clara, CA, on February 9, 2023. Katie Tarasov Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. FedEx — Shares were
In this article KRE FRC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT People are seen inside the First Republic Bank branch in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar Mike Segar | Reuters Shares of First Republic were under severe pressure Friday despite the beaten-down regional bank receiving aid
The magical application of Section 1202 for C corporation shareholders seems too good to be true, with millions of tax dollars being saved. However, after the significant corporate tax rate reduction passed in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, many S corporation shareholders are wondering why they are still being excluded from this worthwhile benefit.
In this article CVS BBY LOW WMT WBA HD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT America’s biggest retailers say organized retail crime has grown into a multibillion-dollar problem, but the effectiveness of their strategies to solve it and the validity of the data overall have come into question. Over the last several years, companies such
In this article PPI XLF SIVB .SPX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT There’s speculation the Silicon Valley Bank collapse could expose problems lurking in ETFs tied to specific sectors. Astoria Portfolio Advisors CIO John Davi has financials topping his watch list. “You need to be mindful of your risk,'” Davi, who runs the AXS
In this article ILMN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Reptile8488 | E+ | Getty Images Company: Illumina (ILMN) Business: Illumina develops, manufactures and markets life science tools and integrated systems for large-scale analysis of genetic variation and function. It operates through Core Illumina and Grail. Grail, which was acquired in August 2021, is a
When it comes to college these days, students are more concerned about how they will pay the tab than they are about getting in, according to a recent survey of college-bound students and their families. Higher education already costs more than most families can afford, and college costs are still rising. Tuition and fees plus room and board
Financial technology is growing and improving every day and robo- and hybrid-advisors are creating a more accessible and affordable way to gain financial guidance. With all the advancements, many people have asked me this question: are financial advisors going to become obsolete? Naturally as a financial advisor myself, I sure hope not. But I also
The IRS has posted answers to frequently asked questions focused on whether certain costs related to nutrition, wellness, and general health are medical expenses that may be paid or reimbursed under a health savings account (HSA), health flexible spending arrangement (FSA), Archer medical savings account (Archer MSA) or health reimbursement arrangement (HRA). Background These answers
In this article NSC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Norfolk Southern Corp. engine car moves through the Lamberts Point coal transloading facility in Norfolk, Virginia, on Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Norfolk Southern said Wednesday it agreed to provide up to seven paid sick days per years
In this article CSG.N-CH SBNY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT People walk by the New York headquarters of Credit Suisse on March 15, 2023 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Credit Suisse may have received a liquidity lifeline from the Swiss National Bank, but analysts are still assessing the embattled lender’s
In this article EOCW RJF Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT sturti With expectations for a recession already in the forecast for 2023, the recent failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank have further stoked fears that an economic downturn could be on the horizon. But it remains to be seen when a recession
In early March, Senator Elizabeth Warren released a report about the incentives giant insurance companies offer to agents selling Medicare Supplement Insurance (otherwise known as Medigap policies). The report noted that the incentives steer unsuspecting seniors into products that “cost them hundreds or thousands of dollars more each year.” More than what? The report does
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