Protect Your Wealth for the Future
Economic uncertainty is a part of life. Markets can be unpredictable day-to-day, let alone years into the future. That uncertainty is one of the many reasons people want to start estate planning, so they can protect their loved ones and leave a legacy. Protect Your Assets Protecting your assets is the ultimate goal of estate…
Have you heard these 5 money myths?
Has anyone ever made an unfair assumption about your money habits? Was that assumption based on how old you are? People often look for patterns and trends when it comes to spending and saving, but in reality, your financial approach probably isn’t based on age or decade alone. What do you think? Do these common…
Who makes up the Fortune 500?
Landing on the Fortune 500 is a pie-in-the-sky dream of many business owners. The most profitable U.S. companies that make up the latest list collectively employ 27.9 million individuals across the world and represent $840 billion in profits and $12 trillion in revenues. Who are these business dynamos and where are many of them based?…
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Tax Act Overview The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which we will simply call the “Tax Act”, is not retroactive except for a very few unique expensing provisions, so for nearly everyone, your upcoming income tax filing due this spring for the 2017 tax year filing will NOT be effected. However, the changes…
Who makes up the Fortune 500?
Landing on the Fortune 500 is a pie-in-the-sky dream of many business owners. The most profitable U.S. companies that make up the latest list collectively employ 27.9 million individuals across the world and represent $840 billion in profits and $12 trillion in revenues. Who are these business dynamos and where are many of them based?…
Student Loan Debt – Good, Bad, and Ugly
Significant student loan debt is certainly a growing trend. If you’re the parent of a child . . . you already know! Either you’re looking at the impending costs with concern, looking at the checking account and contemplating if you should take that elaborate vacation instead, or you’re counting what the costs were and hoping…
Is revival of Glass-Steagall really a possibility?
The Glass-Steagall Act which is formally called the Banking Act of 1933 was enacted to prohibit commercial banks from participating in the investment business after the many bank failures of the Great Depression era. The idea was that banking institutions that safeguard and control our money supply should be separated from market investments such that…
Brexit – Now What?
Did you miss Adrian’s brief commentary about Brexit on WBBJ? View it here! Well, the people of the United Kingdom (UK) have made their voices heard and voted for Brexit. As you are likely already aware by now, Brexit is the decision of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union (EU). And, Brexit is…
May Jobs Report and the Fed
As you’ve probably heard on the news, the May 2016 jobs report was “disappointing”, “concerning”, and a “surprise”, or at least those were the words used by Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen. In fact, May’s job creation was the worst since 2010. And, while you might hear the 4.7% unemployment figure bandied about, there’s been…
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Eddleman Brexit Interview on WBBJ
Here’s a story I was interviewed for on WBBJ about Brexit. Obviously I had much more to say that had to be cut from the piece. Don’t forget, I actually had a brief blogpost weeks ago where I mention Brexit and what else is on the horizon. Expect more details soon in our Eddleman’s Economic…