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: [...]
Seth is back with this year's first 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. Ben Carlson, an investment professional and author of the fantastic blog “A Wealth of [...]
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. Included in the Omnibus spending bill that the Senate passed earlier this month was the SECURE Act [...]
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. A recent Morningstar study found that investors earned ~9.3%/year in mutual funds and ETFs over a decade [...]
Massachusetts taxpayers will be excited to find out that they will be receiving a refund from MA for tax year 2021! Massachusetts law dictates that if tax revenue collections exceed a certain annual tax revenue cap then all excess will be returned to taxpayers. MA exceeded the cap in 2021, so what this functionally [...]
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. Editor's note: This blog post was supposed to go live last month.. but I forgot to set the [...]
Editor’s Note: If you don’t recognize Carlos’ name yet, you will soon. Carlos Quintanilla is the newest addition to the SPP team. Most of you know Susan Snyder who basically makes sure everything gets done around here – well, we’ve finally got Susan some help in that, welcome Carlos (you can learn a bit more [...]
My Introduction to Star Trek After we’ve put the baby to bed at night and set tomorrow’s coffee to brew, my husband and I watch Star Trek: The Next Generation. He was raised on Star Trek, I was not. Watching it for the first time, I am struck by how timeless it is, and [...]
A quick Google search yields HUNDREDS of articles explaining why you should roll a 401(k) to an IRA – but as our Chief Investment Officer, Rene, alluded to in his recent post “The Twisted Logic of IRA Rollovers”, there may be reasons to keep retirement assets in an employer sponsored qualified plan (401(k), 403(b), etc.) or [...]
Rolling your 401(k) or 403(b) retirement balance into a broker's 'managed IRA' program is too often the wrong choice done for the wrong reasons. 'Financial Advisors' will justify the roll-over based on claims of broader choice, greater control and simplification at no extra cost. More often than not, these arguments are based on incomplete disclosures of [...]
