The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed into law on July 4, 2025, has brought significant changes to the tax landscape—including some important shifts that affect charitable giving. While the law made permanent many...
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What is the debt ceiling? The federal debt limit (ceiling) restricts the total amount of money that the Treasury Department can legally borrow at any point in time. Since the initial debt limit was set...
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Discussing life insurance is hardly a welcome pastime! Insurance terms are foreign, projections are hard to understand, and contemplating death is unpleasant. Evaluating insurance is central to your family’s long-term financial safety, but you may...
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The goal of tax-efficient investing is simple: maximize the amount of investment return you keep by minimizing how much is lost to taxes, without jeopardizing the integrity of the portfolio. With a U.S. tax code...
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In the final days of 2022, President Biden signed into law a huge omnibus funding bill. The portion of the bill addressing retirement is referred to as SECURE 2.0 for short. The acronyms that were...
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We seek instant gratification. Ask Alexa or Siri and we can answer any question or watch any movie. But our increased desire for quick solutions has made investing well much more difficult. None of our...
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Recently we have been receiving more calls from prospects indicating they are looking for a fee-only advisor. This is good news for us and great news for consumers, as it shows that the public is...
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Over the past several decades, American football has eclipsed baseball as the most popular sport in terms of viewership. The secret to a successful football team is often a great quarterback and these talented players...
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2022 was a challenging year for both stock and bond markets. The broad U.S. stock market (Russell 3000 Index) was down 19.2% in 2022, the first down year since 2018. The U.S. bond market had...
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Couples or single parents fortunate enough to have saved more than they need during their lifetimes face the decision of who gets the rest. Giving kids too much too soon risks emotional harm. Never telling...
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