Act pushes businesses to enroll employees in retirement plans
If the galloping stock market isn’t enough incentive to get into a 401(k) retirement plan, President Trump’s Secure Act, which went into effect Jan. 1,…
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2019 taxes will feature expanded child credit
The expanded Child Tax Credit, signed into law in 2017, remains for the 2019 tax year. The credit was part of President Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The…
Do you actually need to pay someone to do your taxes?
Those forms look daunting. And those crazy tax words seem intimidating. But, the fact is, 100 million workers probably don’t really need a tax person to…
Use 529 plan to pay down college loans
The federal government has expanded the use of the 529 college savings plan to pay down college loans up to $10,000. Part of the Secure Act, signed in…
Entrepreneur: John Paul DeJoria — Been There, Done That. And Now, Billions Shared
As a kid growing up in downtown Los Angeles in the 1950s, John Paul DeJoria didn’t really think times were tough. The second son of an Italian immigrant…
Business Book Review The Tracer of Investor Behavior
In 1982, Jim Simons, a former code-breaker for the U.S. government and a brilliant mathematician, founded Renaissance Technologies. In decades since,…
How to navigate, disinfect your day
Each person will want to routinely disinfect spaces for at least two months (and maybe more if there is another outbreak of coronavirus in the fall). This…
Shorter version: 2020 could be the sweet spot for selling
2020 could be the sweet spot for selling According to Forbes, today’s mortgage rates — at about 3.75 percent — will stay low in 2020. At the same time,…
A new year greeting you can use or customize.
Happy New Year to all from Your Name The Earth begins another trip around the sun January 1, and we’ll travel more than 583 million miles (tired yet?) in…
2020 could be the sweet spot for selling: Should you sell or buy a home in 2020?
According to Forbes, today’s mortgage rates — at about 3.75 percent — will stay low in 2020. At the same time, market watchers expect home prices to…