Owner of a small business? How about a vacation home or investment property that you established an LLC to own? Guess what? You probably are subject to a new reporting requirement to the U.S. Department of the Treasury you may not yet be aware of. Why should you pay attention to it? Because the proposed [...]
Rene Jarquin July 2024 Market & Portfolio Commentary The S&P 500 Index has become very lopsided due to the run up of the 7 largest stocks in the index. While we have benefitted from this run up as index investors, this level of concentration can cause some anxiety and questions of what we should [...]
How much liability insurance do I need? Should it be enough to cover a large settlement if I make a mistake? Should it cover my net worth? These are the questions we hear from clients when we are looking at premium quotes for $1m, $3m, $5m and $10m+ of excess liability insurance. I don't like [...]
I've yet to meet someone who likes paying more to the IRS than they are required to. The below article from the WSJ highlights a common IRS penalty that you want to make sure you are avoiding, penalties on under payments. You can click on the article below to read it all, but for the [...]
With the U.S. presidential election approaching, many investors are asking themselves: “Should I adjust my portfolio ahead of this election?” While you may be seeing worrisome headlines from both sides of the aisle, it is important to understand the historical correlation between the U.S. stock market and our presidential elections. Our consensus is that although [...]
Money Isn’t Scary is a weekly podcast I host focused on supporting women in creating a healthy and empowered relationship with money. I have a huge passion for psychology and understanding the root cause of our thoughts, emotions and behaviors around money. I recently had the honor of talking with Meg Lefauve, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter [...]
Oftentimes as Financial Planners, we can get caught up in the numbers and deeper analysis of financial concepts for our clients. As helpful as this is, there’s another component to helping you feel comfortable and confident around your money: working through your relationship with it. Recently I was featured in an ‘Ask the Experts’ column [...]
Seth is back with another installment of “What’s New(s)?” highlighting the topics that he’s following closely which might have an impact on you, as well as some others that he thinks you might find interesting or fun. Maura Healey released a $750MM tax reform plan for the state of Massachusetts. Among the notable proposals: [...]
Spring is in the air and college acceptance letters are rolling in. In addition to acceptance letters, schools may also provide a financial aid offer letter. This letter will include details on the financial aid that the school is offering the prospective student and could be comprised of federal loans, grants, and/or scholarships. In reviewing [...]
As you may have seen, in the last 48 hours Silicon Valley Bank was taken over by their regulator, after suffering a run on its deposits (think: It's a Wonderful Life). It had 220 Billion in assets and a market capitalization of 16 Billion less than 2 days ago. This is still unfolding and it [...]
