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- January 07, 2019
The Evolution of Financial Rights and Equality for Women and the Opportunity it Provides for the Client/Advisor Relationship
In recent years, there’s been a lot of publicity around sexual harassment, and the MeToo movement seems to have brought us to a new age for women and their ability to exercise their legal rights, especially as it pertains to the work environment. But it is worth noting just how ...View more - January 07, 2019
How Medigap Choices Are Changing
With Plan F and Plan C going away in 2020, Plan G may become the most common option. Soon, the most popular Medigap policy will no longer be available. Seniors will lose the chance to buy Plan F in 2020 as well as the less popular Plan C. These policies cover Medicare’s ...View more - January 04, 2019
Target Date Funds
Hello. This is Clark Kendall with Kendall Capital Management in the Greater Washington, DC area. Today’s investment nugget is target date funds. Target date funds determine your asset allocation based upon one factor and one factor alone, your age. Can you imagine the Class of 1975, walking across the graduation stage? ...View more - January 04, 2019
October 2018 Stock Market Pullback
Hello. This is Clark Kendall with Kendall Capital Management. Today is Friday, October 26. We’ve had volatility in the market over the last two or three weeks. We’ve had the Dow Jones moving three, four and 500 points a day. Percentage wise it’s been as much as two to three ...View more - January 03, 2019
The Impact of Charitable Gifting Laws
Hi. I’m Carol with Kendall Capital, here with a two-minute tip to help you, the middle-class millionaire saves both money and your precious time. Today, I’m going to talk about charitable giving. We have so many wonderful organizations right here in Montgomery County, Maryland where even the smallest donation can make ...View more - January 03, 2019
Making a Difference: The Impact of Charitable Gifting
I went to a client’s funeral, and a child came up to me and said “You know what, you’ve made a huge difference in my mother’s life. You helped her spend money, you helped her gift it to charities. Quite frankly, we have more money because the way you all ...View more - December 28, 2018
What Does an Inverted Yield Curve Mean?
If investors aren’t selling stocks because of the current government shutdown, they might be nervous about the flattening yield curve—broadly defined as a time when short-term interest rates were higher than yields on longer-term bonds. But what does this mean for the markets? Typically, an inverted yield curve signals a ...View more - December 17, 2018
Your 2019 Financial To-Do List
What financial, business, or life priorities do you need to address in 2019? Now is a good time to think about the investing, saving, or budgeting methods you could employ toward specific objectives, from building your retirement fund to lowering your taxes. Can you contribute more to your retirement plans this ...View more - December 13, 2018
Social Security Gets Its Biggest Increase Since 2012
Social Security will soon give seniors their largest “raise” since 2012. In view of inflation, the Social Security Administration has authorized a 2.8% increase for retirement benefits in 2019. This is especially welcome, as annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs, have been irregular in recent years. There were no COLAs ...View more - December 10, 2018
Year-End Tax Opportunities
Each year, U.S. taxpayers face several year-end deadlines which, if ignored, can be costly and in some cases punitive. In the latter category, consider people over age 70 1/2 who fail to take the full required minimum distribution from their IRA or 401(k). If they get the calculation wrong, or ...View more