IRA individual retirement account. Stack of money and calculator. getty The Covid-19 pandemic has left millions of people out of work, and while the extended unemployment benefits are helpful, they may not be enough for everyone. If you find yourself in a financial bind, you might be curious about tapping your individual retirement accounts for
Month: September 2020
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he makes his way to board Marine One from the South … [+] Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on September 24, 2020. – Trump is on a two-day campaign swing through North Carolina and Florida. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by
Judge Amy Coney Barrett speaks after being nominated to the US Supreme Court by President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on September 26, 2020. OLIVIER DOULIERY | AFP | Getty Images Presidential contender Joe Biden and his Democratic allies are seeking to turn President Donald Trump’s nomination
Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Stock futures rose slightly in overnight trading on Sunday following a four-week losing streak on Wall Street. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed about 80 points. The S&P 500 futures gained 0.2% and the Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.3%. The S&P 500 and the
Ariel Skelley | DigitalVision | Getty Images It’s no wonder so many Americans retire down south. The Sunshine State has four of the top five places for retirement, according to the latest WalletHub Best & Worst Places to Retire report. “Florida is a tax haven for everyone, but especially for the elderly, so when it
By Richard Eisenberg, Next Avenue Managing Editor getty The employer-sponsored 401(k) plan can be an excellent way to save for retirement when you’re working (if you’re offered one) and supplement your Social Security benefits when you’re retired. But investing in a 401(k) and managing it wisely can be agonizingly hard. Just a few of the
Dave Panozzo is the co-founding owner of The Panozzo Team-HomeSmart, a real estate team in Phoenix, Arizona. getty The past year came with its own unique set of challenges. With every day seeming more apocalyptic than the next, real estate agents across the U.S. have been forced to find new ways to make a sale. In-person
Antarctica Flights operates 12-hour sightseeing tours over the continent that take off and land on the same day. Courtesy of Antarctica Flights The coronavirus has ravaged the world now for nine months, with people across the globe enduring lockdowns of varying intensities, workplace and school shutdowns and restrictions on group gatherings. Yet there’s still one continent
Everyone knows that buying a house is a long and stressful process — and that was the case long before “Covid-19” or “social distancing” became part of our everyday vocabulary. When I began the search for my first home in December 2019, I underestimated just how long finding the right place would take. I’d done
A man wearing a face mask walks past a Nike store in Central Business District, Beijing, China on February 17, 2020. Andrea Verdelli | Getty Images The market is looking treacherous right now to end September, but top analysts still believe there are compelling stocks out there with robust upside ahead. Even in challenging economic
Sam Fornasiero Sam Fornasiero For an instant, luck seemed to change for Sam Fornasiero. The 21-year-old’s phone call was put on hold — a noteworthy improvement relative to the 2,000-plus prior attempts to reach New Jersey’s unemployment bureau, by his estimation. The call went dead after a half hour of waiting. But Fornasiero has gotten good at
getty Will it keep blowing off bad news, or keep tracking like the year-2000 bear market? Some strange things are afoot in the stock market. The further we go into 2020, the more the market seems to think it’s 2000 all over again. The one big exception, of course, is that 2000 did not include
When I tell people that I’m a tax accountant, they invariably ask, “Is the tax law really as complicated as people say it is?” OK, that never really happens, because as a tax accountant, I generally avoid engaging other humans in conversation. But if that question ever WERE asked, I would finally, FINALLY, have a
Logan is the Co-Founder of Landlord Studio, the only complete property management and accounting solution for real estate investors. getty This last year has been challenging for many of us. The actions taken in an attempt to control Covid-19 have resulted in a rapid rise in unemployment and increasing levels of financial stress. Undeterred by this,
Jimmy Lee Solomon at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California on July 8, 2007. Rich Pilling | Major League Baseball | Getty Images Former top Major League Baseball executive Jimmie Lee Solomon is joining Playrs, an operating firm under private holding company Turn2 Equity Partners. Solomon will serve as president of Playrs. He said the group
Jose Luis Pelaez Inc | DigitalVision | Getty Images Oct.1 is around the corner. And even though millions of Americans are living without a steady paycheck amid the pandemic, the bills are still due. Making the situation worse is that fact that Congress hasn’t been able to reach a deal on another stimulus package, leaving
By Ralph Mroz, Next Avenue Contributor getty Surveys show that most people would prefer to grow older, and even die, in their own home. This desire isn’t hard to understand. While you may have already downsized to a more manageable home or condo, you won’t have to move again, which is emotionally straining, physically taxing
Photo taken in Athens, Greece getty It is hard to overestimate what a dismal fiscal future the Congressional Budget Office foresees. In its new long-term budget estimate, CBO projects that in just 30 years, the national debt will rise to nearly twice the US’s total economic output, from less than 80 percent last year. As
Polk Properties offers over 30 yrs of Real Estate Vision and Expertise you can trust and depend on. We focus on long-range portfolio value. getty During this season of a pandemic, social unrest and an upcoming election, a lot has been shunted aside to try and make sense of the new normal that is being fashioned
Jacqueline Dunlap places whole blood samples into a centrifuge to separate plasma for antibody testing at the Bloodworks Northwest Laboratory during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Renton, Washington, September 9, 2020. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters Fewer than 1 in 10 Americans showed signs of a prior coronavirus infection as of late July, suggesting that
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