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Before You Buy a Home: Financial Planning is Key -
 - Joe Cline (311)  
When you prepared to buy a home, you made a plan. You plotted out an ideal time frame, considered when to list your own house and with whom, and determined what types of properties you wanted to purchase. You determined the right neighborhoods, the right price and the right size. By the time you... ( added 17 days 8 hours ago.) |
Retirement With a Dismal Economic Future -
- JP Bender (9,639)     
JP Bender 
Titles are supposed to be short, so I couldn't justifiably post the whole thing: "Dismal economic future threatens increasingly elusive retirement." But you'll soon get the message.
I just returned from a "mini-vacation" in one of the original colonies up along the eastern seaboard. The... ( added 86 days 9 hours ago.) |
Pensioners In Catch 22 -
- JP Bender (9,639)
JP Bender
For the first time in a generation, Social Security payments will not rise. The trustees of the Social Security trust fund have announced that for the next two years, pensioners will not receive a cost-of-living (COLA) increase. That hasn't happened since 1975, when automatic increases were... ( added 75 days 15 hours ago.) |
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How Throwing All Your Money out the Window When You Get Old May Make Perfect Financial Sense -
- Connor Davidson (5,137) 
Connor Davidson 
You think I am crazy well in this case I'm not. I am talking about going into a home, no I'm not that old yet, but when I do I will have to squander all of my kids or relatives inheritance on it and I'm not happy about that.
Believe me they are not cheap: according to this is Money care homes... ( added 108 days 20 hours ago.) |
Cash Balance Pension Plans -
Terry Mitchell (4,949)  
Terry Mitchell
Pension plans are divided into two separate categories: plans with defined benefits, and plans with defined contributions. A defined benefit pension plan ensures a specified benefit for any retiring employee that is eligible, while the defined contribution pension plan relies upon an employer's... ( added 208 days 17 hours ago.) |
Converting a Traditional IRA to a Roth IRA -
Terry Mitchell (4,949)
Terry Mitchell
There are many types of IRAs. The two major types are traditional and Roth IRAs. A taxpayer can contribute up to $2000 to either a traditional or Roth IRA and their gains accumulate tax-free.
With a traditional IRA, all or part of the contribution amount can be deducted from a person's federal... ( added 215 days 16 hours ago.) |
All about IRAs -
Terry Mitchell (4,949)
Terry Mitchell
IRA stands for Individual Retirement Account. These types of accounts are personal savings plans. The best candidates for IRAs are those who are looking to save money for retirement.
An IRA works like this. You put a certain amount into an IRA. Only certain amounts are allowed under tax law.... ( added 254 days 17 hours ago.) |
Will Retirement Soon Be Obsolete? -
Terry Mitchell (4,949)
Terry Mitchell
This latest market downturn may be the final death knell for the concept of retirement. Even before it hit, many companies were scaling back or even eliminating their pension plans. That is, those which were among the handful of employers that still offered them. Most of them had long since... ( added 264 days 17 hours ago.) |
Show Me the Money! Ideas to Increase Personal Income for the 50+ Generation -
Danny Davids (19,715)  
Danny Davids
In these economic times, we're all concerned about our jobs, our paychecks, and our purchasing power. As layoffs increase and the stimulus packages implemented by the government start paying out, inflation will inevitably follow, reducing our buying power. This is a problem particularly for those... ( added 265 days 11 hours ago.) |
10 Common Mistakes in Filing your Canadian Income Tax -
- Ted Krestanowich (76)
Preparing your tax return probably ranks with having a root canal done at the dentist. However, you may find it less distasteful if you can save some money. As Benjamin Franklin so famously quipped "there are only two things certain in life death and taxes". Here are 10 common mistakes that can... ( added 1 year 66 days ago.) |
Time Management: Who Needs It In Retirement? -
Windsor Augustin (75)
Time management tools, strategies and even software are useful to goal oriented managers in corporate America, right? If you’re in your retirement planning years, isn’t it a waste of time (no pun intended) to focus an ounce of energy on time management skills? After all time is the one thing... ( added 1 year 229 days ago.) |
Retirement Planning For The Golden Years -
- Marcia Chumbley (244)
As your retirement looms on the horizon, many questions may be on your mind. What do you need to plan for? Who should you consult? What expenses will you need to be aware of? What do you need to do if you haven’t planned until now? Use these tips to plan for an imminent retirement, without... ( added 2 years 26 days ago.) |
Fraudulent Conveyance, Civil Conspiracy, Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act -
Rocco Beatrice (5,606) 
Rocco Beatrice
Under the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act you would be committing a crime, see Section 19.40.041:
"...(a) a transfer made or obligation incurred by a debtor is
fraudulent as to a creditor whether the creditor's claim arose before
or after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred... ( added 2 years 194 days ago.) |
Single Member LLC: Charging Order, Creditor Claims, Pass-through -
Rocco Beatrice (5,606)
Rocco Beatrice
Recently I've run across some significant issues with the single member
LLC's with courts handing down noteworthy judgement decisions in favor
of creditors using the theory of "fraudulent transfers" and "civil
conspiracy." I ran across two such individuals that have made me more
caution on... ( added 2 years 194 days ago.) |
Net Worth: It’s Your Most Important Number -
John Petrick (287)  
John Petrick
Many investors can quickly recall their annual income, the value of their home and other measures of how they are doing financially. But when it comes to knowing their net worth, the same investors may be scratching their heads. It’s important to know your net worth — and monitor it... ( added 2 years 219 days ago.) |
Advantages of a Limited Liability Company -
Rocco Beatrice (5,606)
Rocco Beatrice
There are many advantages to the limited liability company (LLC)
including the financial and tax advantages. Herein we discuss the other
specialized uses and benefits to you for possibly implementing the
limited liability company in your estate planning and business
strategies.
THE LLC... ( added 2 years 236 days ago.) |
Dealing with Financial Concerns when you are laid off -
Jim Landis (22)
Finances should be one of your primary concerns A layoff notice means a lot of things. Because of corporate downsizing, you didn't just lose your job, you lost your steady paycheck, your insurance, and now you'll have to dip into your savings. You'll likely have to cut corners, which means not... ( added 190 days 12 hours ago.) |
Americans Must Start Saving! -
Karen Bolton (0)
One of the Clinton/Gore campaign slogans in the 1992 presidential campaign was "It's the economy stupid". This catchphrase significantly contributed to the Clinton/Gore victory. President-Elect Obama is currently talking about stimulus packages to get us out of our current economic woes. He... ( added 244 days 12 hours ago.) |
How Much Money Do You Need At Retirement? -
- Eric Bayne (96)
Many people, when they retire, don't have much fun at all. Sure they no longer have to work, which is good. But, other than watching reruns of their favorite TV shows, they're not really living the retirement life that they envisioned because they just don't have the money for it.
They've... ( added 251 days 11 hours ago.) |
How Social Security Begin And Why It's Still Here -
- Eric Bayne (96)
It's hard to believe that Social Security has been with us for over sixty years. The first Social Security check went out in the mail in 1940 even though President Roosevelt had signed the Social Security Act into law, five years earlier. Since then, many American seniors have been thankful to... ( added 295 days 4 hours ago.) |
Things Humpty Dumpty Should Have Done Before He Retired - How to Make Your Home Maintenance Free -
- Dale Adams (75)
As you plot and plan your retirement, there may be some things you are forgetting. Is your home maintenance free? There are many things a person can do to their house to make it maintenance free. Many seniors don't think about this option and some attempt to do their own maintenance and instead... ( added 1 year 21 days ago.) |
Self Managed IRAs: The Advantages of Being in Control -
- Nicanor Castillo (26)
Let me tell you a quick story. I was having coffee with my brother recently, and as usual, our conversation quickly turned into a competition. This time we were arguing over which retirement plans were better: self-managed IRAs or traditional IRAs? While we both agreed that it was crazy not to... ( added 1 year 35 days ago.) |
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Solo IRAs:Take Advantage if You're Self Employed -
- Nicanor Castillo (26)
If you are self-employed and want to set up a tax-saving pension then you might want to take advantage of Solo IRAs. The Solo 401k and Roth IRA are also options for self-employed persons, but all three have their own set of advantages, disadvantages and related tax requirements that need to be... ( added 1 year 38 days ago.) |
Estate Planning With IRAs: Building a Nest Egg that Won't Crack -
- Nicanor Castillo (26)
It never ceases to amaze me how many people don't take advantage of the generous benefits of estate planning with IRAs. Since 1954, the U.S. government has made it possible for people to open IRAs...or Individual Retirement Account in order to save money, build wealth and enjoy a break on their... ( added 1 year 38 days ago.) |
Searching For An Active Adult Retirement Community Is Not As Hard As You Might Think -
Frank Froggatt (102)
Your golden years are a marvelous time of life, and active assisted
living developments provide retirees with the chance to hang out with
like-minded folks. As I am nearing my retirement age, my mind is
thinking of these types of communities. But where do I choose the best
one? My quest... ( added 1 year 69 days ago.) |
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