Elisha Bokman Source: Elisha Bokman Elisha Bokman has been out of school for eight years. Still, her student loan balance is half a million dollars. Today, for her doctorate degree in naturopathic medicine and master’s in acupuncture from Bastyr University, she owes $499,322.69. She and her husband struggled to buy a house because of her
Once again, stories are circulating on the Internet that working longer can cause you to die sooner, while retiring early might enable you to extend your lifespan by many years. This post quotes an urban legend study that just won’t die: Supposedly Boeing and Lockheed Martin employees who retired at age 65 only lived for
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Alimony is no longer tax deductible for new divorces. iStock Balancing family dynamics when going through a divorce is never easy. New laws have added an additional layer of complexity. Before 2019 the alimony deduction had been a key divorce planning strategy for over 70 years. The payor
There is no time like the present to prepare your home for a natural disaster. AFP/Getty Images As Tropical Storm Barry closes in on the Gulf Coast, possibly as a hurricane, the window of opportunity is shrinking for residents who don’t have a comprehensive disaster preparedness plan in place. In fact, a survey in June
Nick Gregory, a 26-year-old manager, vapes on a JUUL at Botany Bay in Lexington, Ky. Charles Bertram | Tribune News Service | Getty Images A U.S. federal judge on Friday ordered the Food and Drug Administration to impose a 10-month deadline for the submission of e-cigarette applications, turning the screws on companies like Juul Labs
U.S. President Donald Trump attends a bilateral meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping during the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Citigroup kicks off earnings season on Monday. Traders enter with a singular focus on company guidance. Bears believe second-half guidance will be cautious and lower than expected
Geoffrey Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photograph of Jeffrey Epstein as he announces the financier’s charges of sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors, in New York, U.S., July 8, 2019. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Wealthy financier and accused child sex
The stock market has been hitting all kinds of records this week, and Wharton School professor Jeremy Siegel told CNBC on Friday that he does not see that stopping anytime soon. “I think fair market value does give us another 5% or 6% this year” on the S&P 500 with the Federal Reserve signalling interest
Washington D.C. Danita Delimont | Getty Images About 1.3 million Americans could have their retirement funds at risk if Congress can’t come up with the money to pay the benefits people were promised. That is because a number of multiemployer pension plans are on the brink of running out of money. This week, Congress took
French President Emmanuel Macron. France is imposing a new digital tax targeting Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon. © 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP France just imposed a 3% tax on the French revenues of Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon. But these companies are not going to be any less profitable because of the tax. If Google, Apple, Facebook or Amazon