Dealing with your finances may be the last thing on your mind when going through a divorce, or it may be the first. Regardless of the order, deciding how the couple’s assets will be split is one of the biggest decisions the two parties will…
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently released their annual summary of consumer complaints and consumer protection statistics for 2016. For the first time in the 20 years that the FTC has been keeping records, imposter scams surpassed identity theft among reported consumer complaints. When you…
It used to be that your 70 1/2 “birthday” was a notable time for required minimum distributions (RMD) but that date has changed! The current RMD beginning age for anyone born in 1951-1959 is the year you turn 73 and for those born in 1960…
This being the last business day of the year, we thought we’d reflect on some of the best pieces from TheLiveBigWay® Digest in 2016. We have reviewed the Digest posts from 2016 and we share with you the five most popular posts from each of…
At an estimated population of 82 million, millennials make up the largest generation in America. Born between 1980 and 1995, members of this cohort have often found themselves to be the subject of everything from think-pieces to scholarly articles in recent years. While many labels…
Data and money security are important to everyone! And these days, there’s a new headline about the latest major security breach or hack of personal information far more often than we would like to see. While these breaches do happen, there are many things we…
When a celebrity’s retirement or estate plan is discussed posthumously, it usually tells a cautionary tale about the consequences of poor financial and estate planning. We tend to use these stories to emphasize the importance of planning (even for celebrities who seem to “have it…