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Employers are able to postpone the amount of payroll tax they pay on employees’ salaries attributable for 2020. If elected, half of these taxes will be due 12/31/2021 and the remaining half by 12/31/2022.
This month, we look at the legal documents to keep you and your family safe and sound. We’ll dive into estate planning topics such as living trusts, wills, the variations on power of attorney (durable, nondurable, special, limited, springing, and medical), advanced medical directives, and protection plans for children.
From commodities like gold and oil, to emerging market debt and equities, you will hear the price movement of almost everything tied to the price of the U.S. dollar.
The market has been shrugging off the escalation of the trade war until June 25, 2018, when the S&P 500 ended the day down 1.37% and the Nasdaq ended down 2.09%. Over the past several months,
The wealth management industry has become plagued by cookie cutter portfolios with a standard mix of 60% stocks and 40% bonds; the goal being to perform no better or worse than the guy next to you.
Technology has enabled the retail investor to have access to dozens of different asset classes and financial products previously only available to investment professionals. The democratization of the financial markets through easy accessibility
Buying and selling real estate is one of the most confusing and multi-pronged undertakings you’ll ever be involved with. Twelve Points breaks down the process for you with easy-to-understand discussions, including topics of credit scores, affordability,
Home ownership can seem like a daunting task, and trying to figure out where to start can be overwhelming. In this post, we will talk about how to set yourself up for success on your search for a new home.
As the stock market roars on, skeptics might take money off the table and invest in more value oriented assets. More often however, fear of missing out on future gains along with recently strong returns keeps people invested in the market and seeking out speculative opportunities.
People are often faced with the difficult choice of how they should use their money, whether it be choosing between investing, paying down debt early, or deciding which debt to pay down first.
I’d like to talk to you about Wall Street false truisms regarding buy and hold investing. “Buy and hold has always been better” is a very institutional mindset. It works really well for endowments
Most people pride themselves on being the breadwinner for their family. They achieve great satisfaction from working hard to meet the financial needs of their spouse and children. These days, in many cases, both spouses share the responsibility of earning to support their kids.
Sustainable investing means more than going paperless with your monthly statements. It means that you are putting your money to work with managers who understand and subscribe to socially responsible investing (SRI). There are a growing number of funds who consider the environmental,
Because we have not found traditional stock and bond asset classes attractive for over two years, we have been overweight diversifying alternatives. We have further covered the pros of alternatives and the cons of traditional asset classes in our quarterly publication – Twelve Points Perspectives.
Retirement savings is important if we ever want to retire. As hard as it may be to believe, roughly 2 out of 5 Americans are not investing for their future. We believe the importance of saving in a retirement plan is more necessary than ever due to the decline in pensions, uncertainty
Most people know what a CPA does (prepare taxes, help clients minimize tax hit, etc.) or an estate planning attorney does (draft wills and trusts, create estate plans and administer the probate of estates) and they assume they know what a financial advisor does.
Before we start, there is something you should know: I, too, am a millennial, which means that I am in your shoes, At the beginning of my career, I struggled with balancing everyday expenses, student loans and saving for retirement.
Portfolio stress tests have gotten a lot of attention from the media lately. It’s hardly a new concept; every year, the Federal Reserve conducts a stress test of the thirty largest financial institutions to figure out how they’d react in the event of an extreme financial crisis.
