03 Apr Bank Failures Shine Light on Interest Rate Risks
Financial markets reacted turbulently to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on March 10, 2023, followed two days later by the failure of Signature Bank of New York. With...
Retirement
30 Mar Stock Funds by Market Capitalization
Size Matters One way to consider a stock fund is to look at the market capitalization, or market cap, of the stocks in which it invests. Market capitalization represents the total...
28 Feb When Should You Start Investing?
As young adults embark on their first real job, get married, or start a family, retirement might be the last thing on their minds. Even so, they might want to...
01 Feb SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022
Retirement Investors Get Another Boost from Washington Amid the 1,650-page, $1.7 trillion omnibus spending legislation passed by Congress last week and signed by President Biden December 30th, were several provisions...
10 Jan 2023 Key Numbers-Retirement Planning
2023 and 2022 contribution rates for employer and individual retirement accounts, including income phase-outs for IRA deductions and ROTH IRA contributions. Employee/individual contribution limits Elective deferral limits 2022 2023 401(k) plans, 403(b) plans, 457(b) plans,...
25 Apr Going Public: How Are Direct Listings Different from IPOs?
An initial public offering (IPO) is the first public sale of stock shares by a private company. IPOs are important to the financial markets because they help fuel the growth...
25 Apr The Health/Wealth Conundrum
For those who are healthy, the odds are in favor of a long retirement. And because women live longer than men, on average, they may face higher lifetime health care...
19 Apr Simplified Employee Pension (SEP IRA)
What is it? A simplified employee pension (SEP) is a written plan that allows employers to make retirement contributions to individual retirement arrangements (called SEP-IRAs) set up for each eligible plan...
10 Apr Should You Speed Up Your Retirement Plans?
According to a March 2021 survey, an estimated 2.8 million Americans ages 55 and older decided to file for Social Security benefits earlier than they expected because of COVID-19. This...
10 Apr Home Prices Have Risen at Record Pace
U.S. home prices rose 20% during the 12 months ending in August 2021 as buyer demand far exceeded the supply of dwellings for sale. This was the largest annual price...