Getty The start of a new year is when many of us ask ourselves what lies ahead personally, professionally and financially. We happily hang a colorful 2020 calendar, jot down birthdays, upcoming vacations, and other future events. My guess is, however, you don’t mark down personal finance events and deadlines there. Big mistake. For your
Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about when and how a married couple can file, survivor’s benefits and the earnings test, divorced spousal benefits before retirement benefits, avoiding filing for retroactive retirement benefits unintentionally and the availability of divorced spousal benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the
Lone Mountain Ranch Lone Mountain Ranch An hour’s drive from Bozeman, Big Sky Ski Resort is one of the largest in North America, but there’s plenty to do around here even for non-skiers and the majestic mountain scenery will take your breath away. Check into one of 22 cabins at Lone Mountain Ranch, ranging from quaint
Lunar New Year festival at the Oakland Museum of California. Odell Hussey Photography | Courtesy Oakland Museum of California This year, the Lunar New Year falls on Saturday, Jan. 25 and will be followed by 15 days of celebrations marking the transition from the Year of the Pig to the Year of the Rat. While
In what felt like the blink of an eye, the decade has come and gone. Following the public market’s worst ten-year performance since the Great Depression, the 2010s witnessed the longest bull run in history. Beginning the charge forward in March 2009, the latest bull market reached a record length of 129 months in December.
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday that he feels like a “clown” for defending Boeing in the early days of the 737 Max scandal. Cramer expressed that regret one day after Thursday’s release of more than 100 pages of internal Boeing communications, in which company employees boasted about bullying regulators to approve the now-grounded 737 Max
Retirement is not what it used to be. Whether by choice of necessity, many Americans anticipate extending their working years, according to recent research from the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies. A majority of workers said they expect to stop working sometime after age 65 or never retire at all, the research found. A separate
©m.mphoto – stock.adobe.com It could say a lot about the state of the bull market The S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average are two of the most widely-followed stock market indexes. And, while they have some very clear differences in their DNA, they tend to perform in sync much of the time.
President Trump doesn’t want to release his tax returns. After promising to make them public during his primary campaign, he later changed his mind. And even after winning his race for the White House, he continued to refuse, breaking with four decades of voluntary disclosure by American presidents. WASHINGTON DC, USA – JANUARY 8: US
Office and residential skyscrapers against bright sun and clear blue sky. Commercial real estate. … [+] Glass and metal in urban architecture. High-tech facade design. Modern business city district. Office buildings exterior. Financial city district. Reflections and highlights in glass. Wide angle city photography. Getty Historically low interest rates have helped boost interest in real