Andresr | E+ | Getty Images The IRS has announced new 2024 investor contribution limits for 401(k) plans, individual retirement accounts and other retirement accounts. The employee contribution limit for 401(k) plans is increasing to $23,000 in 2024, up from $22,500 in 2023, and catch-up contributions for savers age 50 and older will remain unchanged
The Federal Reserve left its target federal funds rate unchanged for the second consecutive time Wednesday. Even so, consumers likely will get no relief from current sky-high borrowing costs. Altogether, Fed officials have raised rates 11 times in a year and a half, pushing the key interest rate to a target range of 5.25% to 5.5%, the
Oleksandra Yagello | Moment | Getty Images In many respects, conditions are good for U.S. small businesses. Inflation, from the cost of goods to wage growth in the labor market, are coming down. And the economy is growing like gangbusters, with the most recent GDP reading outperforming expectations, a fact that the Federal Reserve noted
A growing number of Americans are resorting to hardship withdrawals from their 401(k) accounts, a recent Bank of America report found. This signals that financial distress is on the rise. Hardship withdrawals refer to times when people take out funds from their 401(k) accounts due to immediate and heavy financial need. Federal law states these
The IRS says that the amount you can sock away for retirement is going up. In 2024, individuals can contribute up to $23,000 to their 401(k) plans in 2024—up from $22,500 for 2023. And those playing catch-up get a boost, too: the catch-up contribution limit for employees aged 50 and over is an additional $7,500
Charlotte, North Carolina, is one of the hottest spots in the United States. From 1990 to 2000, its population grew by 36.6%: From 395,934 people to 540,828. From 2000 to 2010, it surged by another 35.2%: From 540,828 to 731,424 people. And though less but still impressive, from 2010 to 2020, Charlotte’s population grew by
Stanley Druckenmiller, Duquesne Family Office, at CNBC’s Delivering Alpha, Sept. 28, 2022. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller said the federal government has been spending recklessly and failed to issue debt at low rates in past years, mistakes that will ultimately lead to some tough choices in the future like cutting Social Security. “We are
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Peshkova | Istock | Getty Images Fixed-income investing is entering an exciting new era, and investors should take notice. Decades of low interest rates, engineered by global central banks, have suppressed the bond market’s ability to generate attractive and reliable returns. But in recent quarters, we have witnessed a dramatic shift higher in interest rates,
Richard Stephen | Istock | Getty Images If you’ve applied for Social Security disability benefits and are still waiting for an answer, you’re not alone. “For the first time in history, more than 1 million people are waiting on the Social Security Administration to process their initial disability claim,” said Rep. Drew Ferguson, R-Ga., chair
A recent report from Bank of America BAC found that a growing number of Americans are resorting to hardship withdrawals from their 401(k) accounts, signaling financial distress is on the rise. Hardship withdrawals refer to funds withdrawn from an individual’s 401(k) account due to immediate and heavy financial need. Federal law states these withdrawals are
There is nothing inherently wrong with forming and utilizing a charitable remainder annuity trust (“CRAT”) for tax-planning purposes; people do it all the time. Issues arise, though, when taxpayers claim positions generating benefits that arguably exceed those contemplated by Congress and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). When this occurs, enforcement actions begin, and participating taxpayers
It’s hard to believe that a home built before America was even a country would still be standing, let alone up for sale. But that’s true of a formal manor house, a cultural and architectural time capsule, that was built in 1755 on farmland along the Potomac River in Maryland. Mulberry Fields in Leonardtown consists
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Fanatic Studio | Collection Mix: Subjects | Getty Images As Jasper Chan ambled down the grounds of Thailand’s Wat Arun temple in the capital of Bangkok, his attention was hardly on the famed ornate mosaics adorning the temple’s structures. Instead, just as he was about to step through the doorway to tranquility, the 30-year-old legal
Jewel Inostroza was very excited when she bought her home in Newnan, Georgia, in 2008. “It seemed like it was a very nice, cozy, close-knit community,” said the 54-year-old. “Then it started turning into a horror story.” Inostroza is the only one listed on the deed, but she and her husband Enrique, 48, share financial
We are only two weeks into the Open Enrollment Period, and I have encountered four clients who are very dissatisfied. They complain that the copayment for a new drug is “insane” or “ridiculous.” In other words, they are paying way too much. These clients have two things in common. One, they are all unhappy and,