Now that the Senate has passed a sweeping spending bill to fund the federal government into next year and avert a shutdown, advisors are cheering a major overhaul of the rules around retirement saving...
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6 Big Changes to Your Retirement That Are Coming
Now that the Senate has passed a sweeping spending bill to fund the federal government into next year and avert a shutdown, advisors are cheering a major overhaul of the rules around retirement saving...
Secure 2.0 Act Nears the Finish Line. What to Know About the Retirement Bill.
Legislation that would encourage saving for retirement and increase the age for taking required minimum distributions is nearing passage on Capitol Hill as part of an omnibus spending bill lawmakers a...
Top Advisors Share the Best Financial Moves to Make Now
It’s easy to get swept up in how stocks, bonds, or your portfolio performed today, this month, or this year, and that’s especially true during market upheavals. But a longer-term view is required to a...
Week’s Best: What the Elections Mean for Investors
So, who won? With most of the election drama now resolved, what will the divided legislature mean for tax policy, the health of the markets, and other financial issues? We put those questions to a han...
Beneficiaries of Inherited Retirement Accounts Dodge a Tax Bullet
New legislation related to taxes can come with plenty of ambiguities and complexities, but the IRS often irons them out in the regulations it proposes. Al Drago/Bloomberg Sometimes these efforts fail...
Mortgage Rates Are Soaring. What Financial Pros Say Clients Should Do.
The low-rate mortgage boat has sailed. According to Freddie Mac, the average interest rate on a 30-year fixed-rate home loan is now 6.7%, more than double the 3.01% rate from this time last year. That...
Dreaming of a Big Inheritance? Don’t Count On It, Financial Advisors Say
Separating fact from fantasy is one of the most valuable services that financial planners can provide to their clients. And a common financial fantasy is that our parents will leave us a sizable inher...
Should You Do a Roth Conversion? How It Can Help With Your Taxes.
The first half of this year marked the worst performance for the S&P 500 since 1970. With inflation soaring and interest rates rising, the index posted a loss of 20.6%. The dire sentiment may hav...
Raymond James’ Darren Coleman: How I Serve Cross-Border U.S.-Canada Clients
Americans mulling a move to Canada might think the financial transition would be a piece of cake. After all, both countries are democracies with advanced banking systems. What could go wrong? Actually...
Yields Are Rising. Advisors Weigh In on Where to Stash Cash.
Is cash no longer trash? After years of yielding next to nothing, short-term bond investments are suddenly delivering yields large enough to detect with the naked eye. That doesn’t mean beleaguered in...
Warren Tells IRS to Focus Audits on the Rich, Not Low-Income Taxpayers
Lawmakers are calling on the IRS to stop disproportionately auditing low-income taxpayers, who they say are far more likely than other taxpayers to face IRS scrutiny, with audit rates for poorer filer...
Why Moving to a State with Low Income Taxes Could Cost You
That’s what financial professionals are telling clients who are fed up with high income tax rates in their home state and weighing an out-of-state move. They’re counseling clients to take an in-depth ...
Why Advisors Say You Shouldn’t Pay Off Debt Now
Got debt? Don’t be so quick to dump it. That’s what financial advisors are telling clients with low-rate, fixed debt these days. “There’s never been a worse time to pay more than is required on fixed,...