WANT TO MAXIMIZE YOUR STIMULUS PACKAGE BENEFITS? (NEW)

11 Tax Tips for Maximizing Stimulus Package Benefits
Think Advisor Article Provided by Taylor Financial Group
 
Now that President Joe Biden has signed the American Rescue Plan into law, there are several tax-related items in the law that advisors should let their clients know about…Read More
 

CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF DEBBIE?

First Quarter of 2021 Review, Quarterly Market Outlook, and a Look at the Year Ahead!
 
 Thursday, April 1st at 4:15 pm EST
 
 
Here’s what Debbie will address:
 
1. 1st Quarter Review, Current market trends and where they could take us the coming months
2. 7 key points you need to know about Biden’s American Rescue Plan.
3. What’s going on with Biden’s Covid Relief package, and what it means for you
4. Investments to consider for 2021
5. Ways help to improve your wealth in Q2
 
 

 

CURRENT STATE OF THE MARKET (NEW)

Weekly Market Commentary 03.22.2021
Retail Sales Fell After January Stimulus Surge, Don’t Expect Interest Rate Hike
Published by The Carson Group, LLC
 
Retail sales were unable to keep pace with a stimulus-induced surge. Retail and food service sales dropped 3% in February after spiking 7.6% in January. The January data was revised 2.3% higher than first reported. Core retail sales, which exclude autos, gasoline, and restaurants, fell even farther, dropping 3.4%. Over the last year, core retail sales have increased 10.7%….Read More

 

MARCH IS IRA MONTH. DO YOU HAVE A PLAN TO MAKE YOUR IRA CONTRIBUTIONS? (NEW)

There’s Still Time to Contribute to an IRA for 2020
Resource Provided by Taylor Financial Group, LLC
 
Even though tax filing season is well underway, there’s still time to make a regular IRA contribution for 2020. You have until your tax return due date (not including extensions) to contribute up to $6,000 for 2020 ($7,000 if you were age 50 or older on or before December 31, 2020). For most taxpayers, the contribution deadline for 2020 is May 17, 2021…Read More
Sometimes Paying the IRA Penalty Makes Sense
Resource Provided by Taylor Financial Group, LLC
 
Whether it’s sports, taxes or life, we’re programmed to avoid penalties, and usually that’s a good move. Occasionally, however, by simply avoiding penalties, we can be detrimental to ourselves. Indeed, sometimes incurring a penalty on purpose can be the right move….Read More
Traditional vs Roth IRA
Cetera Article Provided by Taylor Financial Group, LLC
 
Traditional Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA), which were created in 1974, are owned by roughly 46.4 million U.S. households. And Roth IRAs, created as part of the Taxpayer Relief Act in 1997, are owned by nearly 24.9 million households.
 
Both are IRAs. And yet, each is quite different…Read More
 

COVID-19 HEALTH AND WELLNESS (NEW)

 
Looking to protect your COVID-19 Vaccination Card?
After you receive your second dose head to Staples.
Staples is offering free lamination for your Coronavirus Vaccine Card!

A year on, what lessons have been learned from the pandemic?
The Economist Podcast Provided by Taylor Financial Group, LLC
 
A YEAR AGO the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. The Economist’s health-care correspondent reflects on the future path of covid-19 infections. Also, how have past pandemics shaped today’s society? And, epidemiologist Professor Dame Anne Johnson explores the opportunities for the “new normal”… Listen Here
 
 
 
 
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