Month: October 2020

Fixing the important FBAR filing deadline for offshore accounts this year has been tough, like most things in 2020. Recently, the government extended the FBAR foreign account deadline to 12/31, then said 10/15. Here’s the final word. On October 14, 2020, FinCEN, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network unit of the Treasury Department that handles millions
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By Erin Flynn Jay, Next Avenue Contributor getty Millions of Americans are struggling to afford their medications during Covid-19, including some with health insurance, the nearly 27 million who lost coverage due to a job loss and those who never had it. But there are quite a few ways to lower your prescription drug costs
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Corbis via Getty Images In anticipation of Brexit in January, upmarket London homes have been selling in record numbers. Buying more than any other foreign nationality are the French. During the first nine months of this year, the French were the largest foreign buyers of prime central London real estate. Their share of transactions has
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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Oct. 9, 2020. Ting Shen | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called on the Trump administration to reconcile remaining disputes on coronavirus stimulus legislation within 48 hours as lawmakers attempt
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Ally Invest’s Lindsey Bell won’t give up on the fourth quarter. Despite stimulus gridlock, election uncertainty and the coronavirus’ path, the firm’s chief investment strategist believes it’s possible the S&P 500 will follow the positive historical trend. “There’s a lot to worry about,” she told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Friday. “But I am cautiously optimistic.”
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Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about what’s possible after suspending a retirement benefit, survivor pensions based on a spouse’s non-covered pension, responding to a notice of overpayment from Social Security and why spousal benefits may not have been available. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder
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Evan Spiegel, CEO and co-founder of Snap Inc. Adam Galica | CNBC With earnings season gathering pace, now is the time to re-evaluate your portfolio. However, in such an unpredictable environment, investors need to be particularly savvy when making critical investing decisions. “Markets are now hoping for (and trading on) a smooth election, a big
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As if getting in to a top college wasn’t hard enough, Covid-19 adds a new challenge. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, many would-be freshmen have decided to postpone college rather than start their education online.   As a result, colleges and universities are well below their enrollment numbers for the 2020-2021 academic year, a report shows. Overall,
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