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Why Gold Prices Should Decline
The price of gold moves with supply and demand. There aren’t many fundamentals, because industrial demand for gold tends to be steady while demand from investors and households fluctuates. India and China tend to be big household buyers of gold, and expanding middle classes in those countries were given credit by some analysts for the […]
The Future of Retiree Medical Insurance
IBM shocked a lot of people when a late Friday report in The Wall Street Journal said the company was ending all retiree medical insurance once Obamacare kicks in. Instead of finding and paying for insurance coverage for its retirees, IBM will tell its retirees to seek their coverage on one of the new insurance […]
A Classic Failed Estate Plan
Louis Feil wasn’t widely-known, but he was a successful, prosperous real estate owner and developer in New York City. He expanded the operation, so the family owns properties well beyond New York. He died in 1999 with the intention of keeping the business in the family. One son, who already was running the business, was […]
Avoiding Costly Medicare Errors
The wild card in most retirement plans is medical spending. Too many people approach retirement believing Medicare and their last employer will cover most retirement medical costs. Even after people realize their full potential exposure to medical expenses, many miss critical opportunities to reduce their share of the costs and especially to reduce the uncertainty […]
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Reviewing Little-Known IRA Traps
IRAs seem to be simple things when we open them and begin annual contributions. Over time, as we move from the accumulation years, trickier rules kick in. This is where many people inadvertently lose portions of their nest eggs to taxes and penalties. Others simply miss opportunities they didn’t know were available. Here’s a review […]
Learning Estate Planning Strategies from “Tony Soprano”
The passing of actor James Gandolfini, best known as Tony Soprano in The Sopranos, received a lot of publicity. Not all the publicity was in the entertainment or celebrity media. Financial and legal media pounced on Gandolfini’s will, generating a lot of commentary from lawyers and Estate Planning specialists, little of it positive. Gandolfini’s estate […]
Discovering Discounts for My Readers
The easiest way to increase your standard of living or extend the life of your nest egg is to save money. Reducing the cost of anything keeps more money in your pockets. You can spend the savings on other things or keep it invested to generate more money for the future. Time put into creating […]
Nailing Down Charitable Deductions
We’re heading into the traditional charitable giving season. You should start your planning early this year to make sure you incorporate tax law changes for 2013, and a few changes from the last 10 years that many people still haven’t absorbed. Here’s a guide to securing 2013 write offs. Higher income people should keep in […]
