Considerations For Paying Off a Mortgage Early
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Considerations For Paying Off a Mortgage Early
🖨 Print⏱ 5 min readFor many, buying a home is the biggest asset they will ever own. However, you aren’t able to fully benefit from that asset until you pay off the mortgage; until then, it is technically a liability. … Continue reading
How to Manage Taxes in Retirement
🖨 Print⏱ 6 min readThe biggest difference between managing taxes throughout your career versus during retirement is that when you are retired, you are responsible for calculating how much you owe and paying it on a timely basis. Retirees normally … Continue reading
2024 Cost of Living Adjustments
🖨 Print⏱ 4 min readIn one year’s time, the U.S. inflation rate dropped by more than half, from 8.2 percent in September 2022 to 3.7 percent in September of 2023. If there is a downside to lower inflation, it’s a … Continue reading
Work and Social Security Benefits
🖨 Print⏱ 4 min readYou can work and still receive Social Security benefits, but how much you receive depends on a number of factors. First, if you do plan to continue working after becoming eligible to receive benefits, you might … Continue reading
Widow/er Social Security Benefits
🖨 Print⏱ 5 min readA widow or widower is eligible for a survivor’s benefit from Social Security even if they never worked – as long as the deceased spouse qualified for benefits based on his or her own income record. … Continue reading
The Ins and Outs of a Reverse Stock Split
🖨 Print⏱ 4 min readWhen a company decides to conduct a reverse stock split, also referred to as a stock consolidation, the number of shares available to investors is reduced. In a normal (forward) stock split, a company increases its … Continue reading
New Personal Finance Provisions in the 2.0 Secure Act
🖨 Print⏱ 4 min readThe Continuing Appropriations Act, enacted at the end of 2022, included several provisions that impact retirement plans going forward. Specifically, the legislation enacts SECURE 2.0, an updated version of the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement … Continue reading


