I once received an email from a family friend about long-term care insurance. He was frustrated over a premium increase – which wasn’t the first rate hike – yet, he was still thankful for the policy. Despite the rising cost, he knew the importance of long-term care insurance in helping prot …
Happy New Year to you and your family! I hope the last several weeks have been merry and festive, leaving you recharged to move full steam ahead into 2020. As we enter a new year, it’s a good time to review your tax plan in light of changes to the tax code and numbers. That’s …
For most students, experts say it remains financially worth it to go to college, despite rising tuition and opportunity costs in relation to increasing wages for workers holding only a high school diploma. The average rate of return (net gain or loss on college investment across a career) is 14%.
On December 20, 2019, the President signed the SECURE Act into law. This legislation makes significant changes to retirement accounts and retirement planning. The Bill will make it easier for small businesses to offer 401(k)’s, and to include annuities in retirement accounts. The most …
Your Health Savings Account (HSA) is a cornerstone of your benefits planning. The money is triple tax-advantaged – contributions, growth and withdrawals for qualified expenses are not taxed. This account is like nothing else, and you need to take full advantage of it.
The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019, which passed the House in a 417-3 vote and will now likely pass the Senate by unanimous consent, will probably change your estate planning. Under the previous rules, we could ‘stretch’ IRA distributions to non-s …
The so-called “Peanut Butter Manifesto” written by a Yahoo! Executive in 2006 gave us a term that hasn’t worn thin yet. The “Peanut Butter Approach” is a derisive term used in business to describe spreading anything – money, energy, time – too far and too thin to be effective or useful.
