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Posted February 25, 2016
It’s tax season. The filing deadline to submit 2015 tax returns is Monday, April 18, 2016, rather than the traditional April 15 date. The IRS urges taxpayers to help protect against identity theft by utilizing their security safeguards, and alsoREAD MORE
Posted February 23, 2016
Teaching your children to be financially independent is no easy feat. It wasn’t that long ago that most children grew up with a clear expectation: When they turned 18, they would be out of the house and on their ownREAD MORE
Posted February 12, 2016
With Valentine’s Day just a couple days away, it seems timely to talk of l’amour—or more specifically, about marriage and love in retirement. Is Retirement Hazardous to Marriage and Love? The divorce rate among baby boomers has nearly doubled inREAD MORE
Posted January 26, 2016
After years of “patches”, “extensions” and other temporary maneuvers, Congress has finally made Qualified Charitable IRA Distributions permanent. With the benefit of this permanence, you can now plan ahead to take advantage of the great tax planning opportunities this strategyREAD MORE
Posted January 21, 2016
As we look back on the financial markets in 2015, what really stands out is how poor returns were across the globe and across asset classes (stocks, bonds, commodities, etc.). Among the major global stock markets, the United States wasREAD MORE