Groucho Marx famously said… “I would never want to join a club that would have me as its member” Similarly, banks love nothing more than to lend to borrowers who have no need to borrow. And the high-net-worth clients of banks’ brokerage or wealth management units are an obvious object of their affection: the portfolios they [...]
Should we fear a replay of the 1970’s High-Inflation era? Today’s jobs report points to an unemployment rate of 3.7% - the lowest since 1969, the year when the worst outbreak of inflation began to be felt. From 1969 to 1982 inflation spiked to 7.3% annually and wrecked stock and bond returns – which were negative [...]
A significant portion of our client’s portfolios are invested in the US Bond market, so I wanted to put the current Federal debt picture in the appropriate perspective. The punch line is that we are not on the cusp of The Financial Apocalypse as some pundits will have you believe. With the help of our Bentley [...]
At Single Point we believe that index-tracking funds offer the best outcomes over high-cost stock-picking funds. As the number of trackable indexes has grown over the years – especially beyond the core Large Cap S&P500 Index - we spend a great deal of time identifying the best index to track the complimentary or ‘satellite’ asset classes. [...]
Four months into 2018 and many are still digesting the changes to the tax code resulting from the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act (TCJA). To date, there’s been a lot of buzz about the impact on business owners and the limit of state and local tax deductions. However, the bill also has major implications for [...]
This was an email we sent to our clients last week that we wanted to share on our blog.To state the obvious, it has been a difficult start to the year for global stock markets. I don’t want to add to the noise you hear on TV or read about. As you know, predictions on [...]
So here are the numbers for 2015: If a company currently has a SIMPLE IRA plan, the employee can defer up to $12,500/yr., plus an additional $3,000 if they are over age 50. The employer can choose to make a 2% non-elective contribution (more about this at the IRS website ) or match employee contributions, up to 3% [...]
The impact of our behavior on financial decisions is something that is getting more and more needed attention in the financial planning industry. As volatility has picked up in the investment markets in recent days we thought it was a good time to re-address the philosophy we implement. As we stated in a previous post,borrowing [...]
Check out Shaun's quote in Go Banking Rate's article, 5 Investing Fees Beginners Forget About.http://www.gobankingrates.com/personal-finance/5-investing-fees-beginners-forget/
On October 23, 2014, the IRS announced its annual cost of living adjustments. Below is a chart from www.401khelpcenter.com that does a nice job summarizing the changes in limits since 2012. Chart of Select Limits 401k Plan Limits for Year 2015 2014 2013 2012 401k Elective Deferrals [...]
