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  • November 04, 2021

    Social Security: Take or Delay?

    Most American workers who have at least 10 years of work history will be able to start taking Social Security benefits as soon as they reach age 62. But should they? Some years back, there was considerable debate about whether a person was better off receiving the monthly checks early and ...
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  • November 04, 2021

    QCDs to the Rescue

    When the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act raised the standard deduction for taxpayers to $24,000 for couples ($12,000 for singles), and lowered individual tax rates, an unintended consequence was to reduce the tax benefits of making charitable donations. Fewer taxpayers were itemizing, which means their donations didn’t count as ...
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  • October 18, 2021

    Inflated COLA

    Reports from the Federal Reserve, which sets interest rate policy in the U.S., have famously told us that the current inflation that we’re experiencing is “transitory” despite a lot of data that might seem contradictory.  (Has anybody seen gas prices lately?  Has anybody tried to buy a house in this ...
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  • September 21, 2021

    Are Your Taxes Going to Change?

    Wise investors take the “big picture” view. Many of our Middle-Class Millionaire clients have heard what’s brewing in Washington, D.C., often referred to as The Build Back Better Act, the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill, or the Jobs and Economic Recovery Plan for Working Families. Regardless of what name you’ve heard, one ...
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  • August 12, 2021

    Managing your Health Savings Account Effectively in your Estate Planning

    Health Savings Accounts, called HSAs for short, function differently than most other kinds of accounts. We call them financial planning “unicorns” because of how differently they’re handled from a tax and estate planning standpoint. During your lifetime, an HSA can be a very effective savings tool for funding medical expenses, ...
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  • July 19, 2021

    The Pros and Cons of Early Retirement Plan Rollovers

    Should you withdraw and reinvest your retirement plan money while you are still on the job? Did you know you may be able to take your 401(k), 403(b), or 457 plan and roll it into another type of retirement account while you are still working? We often have clients here at ...
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  • June 23, 2021

    Ways to Ease the Cost of College

    How much could a college education cost in the 2030s? Those of you with kids may want to take a deep breath and sit down before reading the next paragraph.  A MassMutual analysis projects that four years of tuition, room, and board at a private college will cost nearly $369,000 ...
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  • May 20, 2021

    How COVID-19 Caused a “She-Cession”

    Since the 1980s, unemployment rates have trended higher amongst men than women during a recession. In previous periods of economic downturn, this made sense. Male-dominated industries like construction and finance were the sectors most heavily impacted by a recession, when trade and industrial activity declines. But with the onset of COVID-19, ...
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  • April 22, 2021

    Measuring the Value of a Financial Advisor at Kendall Capital

    Study suggest that these relationships can make a difference.   What is a relationship with a financial professional at Kendall Capital worth to an investor? We get this question a lot when we start a relationship with our middle-class millionaire clients here at Kendall Capital. A 2019 study by Vanguard, one of ...
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  • March 16, 2021

    Habits of Successful Clients

    The process of making healthy changes is all about encouraging good habits in ourselves. Taking the stairs instead of the elevator, eating at home instead of eating out… every little good habit you can pick up along the way helps. Well, the same goes for making healthy financial changes. Good ...
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