Your Emergency Fund: How Much is Enough?

Emergency Fund
An emergency fund may help alleviate the stress associated with a financial crisis. Have you ever had one of those months? The water heater stops heating, the dishwasher stops washing, and your family ends up on a first-name basis with the nurse at urgent care. Then, as you’re driving to work, giving yourself your best,
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Section 199A Business Tax Deductions

Section 199a deduction
Something you might want to know, as a business owner. There’s a tax cut that many may not be aware of, but it’s new for 2018 and worth some consideration.
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The Anatomy of an Index

S&P 500 Index
The S&P 500 represents a large portion of the value of the U.S. equity market Did you know that nearly $10 trillion in assets are benchmarked to the Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Index, including about $3.5 trillion in index assets?1 The S&P 500 is ubiquitous. It is constantly referenced in financial and non-financial media,
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No, That Is Not the I.R.S. Calling

Watch out for crooks impersonating I.R.S. agents (and financial industry professionals). Do you know how the Internal Revenue Service contacts taxpayers to resolve a problem? The first step is almost always to send a letter through the U.S. Postal Service to the taxpayer.1   It is very rare for the I.R.S. to make the first
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Staying Out of Debt Once You Get Out of Debt

Debt Free
As you reduce your liabilities, embrace the behaviors that may improve your balance sheet. Paying off a major debt produces a sense of relief. You can celebrate a financial milestone; you can “pay yourself first” to greater degree and direct more money toward your dreams and your financial future rather than your creditors. Once you
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Are Financial Advisory Fees Tax-Deductible? (Updated for TCJA)

Financial Advisory Fee
    Before 2018, you could partly or fully deduct investment advisory fees on your federal income tax return. When the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was passed, however, the miscellaneous itemized deduction for investment fees and expenses vanished.1 This deduction seldom mattered for taxpayers in the highest brackets, as they could only deduct miscellaneous
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