The Importance of Estate Planning Many people believe that having an estate plan simply means drafting a will or a trust. However, there is much more to include in your estate planning to make certain all of your assets are transferred seamlessly to your heirs upon your death. A successful estate plan also includes provisions
Month: January 2022
Dominic Cummings, mastermind of Britain’s pro-Brexit campaign, once quoted Sun Tzu, the Chinese philosopher, on how to defeat an enemy without warfare: “You disorient them with speed so they make blunders that undermine their own moral credibility”. Cummings, Boris Johnson’s former consigliere turned potential nemesis, appears to be putting this into practice. Publicly urging the
Conservative MPs on Monday outlined the furious backlash they had met from voters over the Downing Street parties scandal, as a new survey suggested a significant number of Tory activists thought Boris Johnson should quit. Tory MPs returned to Westminster in a muted mood after listening to constituents and party activists over the weekend following
There’s a whiff of 1968 in the air. China’s “lying flat” movement has more than a passing echo of the U.S. counterculture of the 1960s and has found resonance around the world. It isn’t only the young and disaffected who are choosing to drop out. Two years into a global pandemic, the number of Americans
Sharing is Caring! by confoundedinterest17 The Chinese Real Estate Developer Debacles continues to spread from Evergrande to other developers as China’s Central Bank cuts rates due to Omicron spread. First, China’s Central Bank cut their 1 year medium-term lending rate to 2.85% from 2.95%. And the growing malaise in China’s real estate development continues. Fresh turmoil
Bitcoin (BTC) hovered near $43,000 on Jan. 17 as “boring” price action combined with signs that the market could be stabilizing. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Leverage comes off all-time highs Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD staying firmly within its established trading range between $40,000 and $45,000. With few surprises
The arrival of the pandemic almost two years ago exerted a seismic impact on home sales. Almost overnight, many who had been living in apartments and condos wanted out of cities and into the wide-open spaces of single-family homes, where they could home school and work from a den. That sent house prices soaring, while
A home in Breckenridge, Colorado. Michael Robinson | Corbis Documentary | Getty Images Ever since the Covid pandemic began almost two years ago, weary Americans hankering for a fun, but still safe, getaway have rejiggered their travel habits to jibe with the new normal. Domestic road trips, national park visits and vacation home rentals and
The smart contract token cardano has surged in value during the last 24 hours after a metaverse project called Pavia launched. Seven-day statistics indicate that cardano’s price has spiked 30.9% over the week and took over the fifth-largest crypto market cap position on Sunday evening (EST). NFT and Metaverse Project Pavia Pushes Cardano’s Price Higher
There’s been a lot of talk about whether the backdoor Roth IRA and mega back door Roth conversions will be eliminated. However, this isn’t the only reason to convert money to Roth. The most common reason is to pay taxes on pre-tax money now so the money can grow to be eventually tax-free. Let’s take
By Gina Lee Investing.com – Gold was up on Monday morning in Asia, while U.S. Treasury yields rose thanks to hawkish signals from the U.S. Federal Reserve. Markets are also beginning to price in a sooner-than-anticipated reduction in the Fed’s balance sheet. Gold futures edged up 0.16% to $1,819.40 by 11:36 PM ET (4:36 AM
For the win! A guaranteed win? (by Half Dollar) I’m not sure why I feel like writing about this in mid-January? Perhaps it is because of the myriad forecasts and predictions for 2022 that I’ve had the displeasure of reading over the last two weeks that have me all worked me up in some weird
How would you like to invest $22,000 and have it turn into $2 million? Thousands of people do it. But how? The answer is simple. Their investment strategy involves a four-year commitment to education. The payoff begins by earning a college degree, which opens the door to a lifetime of earnings that may not have
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for an attack on the United Arab Emirates in which at least three people were killed. Abu Dhabi said drones may have been used in two separate explosions in the capital. If confirmed by the Emiratis, this would be the Houthis’ first attack on the Gulf state, which
China’s zero-Covid policy goes far beyond social distancing and wearing masks in crowded places. It means closed highways and suspended flights, trains and bus services. China is taking tough action partly to forestall disruption to the Winter Olympics, which are less than three weeks away. That means trading much-needed economic growth for international prestige. China
Tennis Australia has partnered with Decentraland to host the Australian Open (AO), which will be the first official tennis grand slam in the Metaverse. A virtual recreation of key areas in Melbourne Park, including the Rod Laver Arena and Grand Slam Park, will be open for the duration of the Australian Open tournament, which will
press release PRESS RELEASE. GemUni, a Decentralized NFTs Gaming Platform for Play To Earn, has announced that its upcoming Initial DEX Offering (IDO) will be conducted on three launchpads GameFi, Red Kite, and KrystalGO on January 19th. GemUni is building a Decentralized NFTs Gaming Platform for everyone around the world to engage in Fun, Easy,
Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about how high benefit rates can possibly be, whether there’s a Social Security benefit increase for caring for a disabled spouse and the accuracy of Social Security’s benefit estimates. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc.
A glitch in a computer code that’s widely used by municipalities may pose a significant risk to them, leaving them open to cyber attacks and ransomware demands, Fitch Ratings said on Friday. Public finance entities running Java-based software are broadly exposed due to the widespread use of the open-source Log4j (Log4Shell) computer code, Fitch said
Shortly after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Covid-19 a global pandemic, governments everywhere unveiled massive monetary and fiscal stimuli (over $15T globally) in a bid to forestall an economic fallout. The U.S. federal government stepped in with a broad array of measures, including a $2.3 trillion package designed to support financial markets, state and
A ground breaking event in the gold market could be just two weeks away… by Arkadiusz Sieron of Sunshine Profits Powell testified before the Senate. He didn’t say anything new, but gold rallied a bit. “We have totally screwed up inflation and now we are in deep trouble,” admitted Jerome Powell during his appearance before the Senate.
The LGBTQ+ community has fought long and hard to gain the same marriage rights as heterosexual men and women. It took decades before marriage equality was widely accepted, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2015 in Obergefell v. Hodges that all 50 states must recognize same-sex marriage. More than a dozen states still have
Sales of electric cars in Europe overtook diesel models for the first time in December, preliminary estimates have shown, as drivers continued to choose subsidised emissions-free vehicles over those reliant on a fuel that was tarnished by the 2015 Volkswagen emissions scandal. More than a fifth of new cars sold across 18 European markets, including
Global companies are used to operating and communicating across borders. They were also well-resourced enough to offer remote working to employees long before the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns made it a necessity. They ought, in other words, to be readier than most for a hybrid world of co-ordinated remote and in-person work. Before coronavirus hit,
One of the biggest trends in asset management masks a secret. Passive investing has exploded in popularity over the past decade thanks to index funds, the holdings of which mimic benchmarks like the S&P 500 or specific themes like growth stocks. Unlike traditional mutual funds, regular index funds don’t involve a manager trading individual stocks
Bitcoin price is still a ways from its $69,000 all-time high but this isn’t stopping altcoins from moving toward new highs. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that since hitting a low of $0.13 on Dec. 4, the price of Harmony (ONE) has risen 163% to establish a new all-time high of $0.38
In mid-October 2021, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey revealed the payments firm Block Inc. (formally Square) was considering joining the bitcoin mining industry. Three months later, Dorsey tweeted that his firm was “officially building an open bitcoin mining system.” The Block’s Hardware General Manager: ‘We See Bitcoin Mining as a Long-Term Need for a Future That
Who’s Minding the Store? We’re seeing it more and more now at AgingParents.com: elders as landlords who can’t do the management job any longer. Sometimes it’s the adult children who bring the issue to our attention. They see Dad failing maintain those rental houses he has had for decades. If tenants complain, he does not
Newly released transcripts of Federal Reserve policy meetings in 2016 show then-Governors Jerome Powell and Lael Brainard were quick to pivot away from planned interest-rate hikes in the face of risks posed by a stumbling Chinese economy. Both policy makers made clear in the year’s January meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee they believed
[embedded content] (Kitco News) Gold is seeing an encouraging start to the year as analysts weigh the consequences of a potential mistake by the Federal Reserve. The precious metal is up more than 1% as the inflation narrative attracts new investors. Here’s a look at Kitco’s top three stories of the week: 3. The latest
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