Top 8 Things You Need To Know About The New Health Insurance Marketplaces With enrollment opening up October 1, we offer highlights of the new health insurance marketplaces created under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including the top eight things you need to…
This is part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that President Obama signed into law on March 23, 2010, also dubbed ‘Obamacare’. The fact that these health insurance marketplaces are government-sponsored does not mean the government will itself be issuing insurance as some…
Where The Smart Money Is Headed In a recent Barron’s article titled, “Where the Smart Money is Headed,” reporter Beverly Goodman highlights mutual fund manager Dimensional Fund Advisors’ success in attracting a growing number of financial advisors who seek to invest their clients’ money in…
Kid President says it is time to wake up and “create something that will make the world awesome.” The following video from SoulPancake features Robby Novak, 9, who delivers an inspiring pep talk about how boring is easy and that the world needs more…from all…
In a recent Barron’s article titled, “Where the Smart Money is Headed,” reporter Beverly Goodman highlights mutual fund manager Dimensional Fund Advisors’ success in attracting a growing number of financial advisors who seek to invest their clients’ money in a more “evidence-based” fashion. The attraction…
Advice to an Incoming College Freshman Congratulations on making it to college! All that hard work in high school has finally paid off and you now have the privilege of being launched on your college career and your first chance to live on your own…
What Happened to DOMA and What’s Next? On June 26, in United States v Windsor, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was unconstitutional, declaring that, if the citizens of a state voted to recognize and protect a class…
Who? Participants in employer-sponsored retirement plans [401(k), 403(b), 457(b), profit-sharing plans] and/or IRA owners ([traditional, rollover, SEP, SIMPLE]. What? This is the minimum amount you are required to withdraw from your account each year. When? Distributions must start by April 1 of the year…
What Happened? On June 26th, in United States v Windsor, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was unconstitutional ab initio (from the start). The court decided that if the citizens of a state voted to recognize…