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Income Investing When Rates Rise
Cash is trash, but many investors are afraid of bonds. You have alternatives. Other vehicles offer higher yields than cash (and many bonds) and provide diversification and safety of principal. Even better, they won’t lose value when interest rates rise. Cash is trash these days because yields are too low. You lose purchasing power after […]
Key Estate Planning Mistakes You Need to Avoid
The important step in Estate Planning is to learn from the mistakes of others. Unlike many other areas, you don’t have a second chance with an estate plan. The major estate planning mistakes in estate planning are committed often. There would be very few problem estates if we learned from others’ errors. So, try to […]
Avoiding Inherited IRA Problems
Inherited IRAs are the focus of some of the saddest stories in estate planning. An IRA owner takes the time to arrange things so that the IRA will pass to the beneficiaries at the lowest tax cost and the heirs can stretch the IRA to last for years. Unfortunately, the heirs fall into one of […]
Investing Strategies to Help Grandkids
Summer is filled with tax-advantaged ways to provide financial help for grandkids who are old enough to work. The Estate Planning strategies also work during other periods when the youngsters work. Some of the estate planning strategies are useful only if you own a business, but first here’s one that everyone can use. You can […]
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The Shrinking Stock Market
Every investor should read this interview. It’s with Marc Andreeson, a well-known private equity or venture capital investor, especially in technology. The interview largely is devoted to explaining why fewer companies are listing their stock on public stock exchanges (going public) and why they are doing so later in their growth cycles than before. It’s […]
Keys to Successful Downsizing in Retirement
Many people downsize at some point during their lives, and the process can be traumatic. In this article (subscription might be required) a geriatric psychiatrist lists what he believes are the three keys to successful downsizing. First, get one or more “navigators” in the form of independent-minded individuals who can help you make key decisions […]
IRAs and Asset Protection
The recent Supreme Court decision limiting the protection of inherited IRAs in bankruptcy may be broader than initially thought. IRAs have been protected in bankruptcy since the law was changed in 2005. But a court ruled that an inherited IRA is not a “retirement account” and isn’t protected under the provision. The Supreme Court recently […]
Choosing a Retirement Community
Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC) are what many people think of as retirement communities. They provide a continuing level of care based on what you need at any time. They have independent living for those who can live on their own; assisted living for those who need some care; and nursing home facilities for those […]
