Authored By Ryan McMaken, Mises.Org Contributed by Jerry Yu It's a Good Thing for Ordinary Americans If the US Loses Reserve Currency Status 04/25/2023Ryan McMaken Earlier this month, Larry Kudlow insisted that it is "it's incumbent on the U.S. government, no matter who's in power, to maintain the reserve currency status of the dollar." Kudlow laments that [...]
Used with kind permission of the author. Authored By Katie Gatti Tassin, Money with Katie.com On The Money with Katie Show this week, we’re discussing a flurry of scams designed to infiltrate hearts, minds, and wallets—from MLMs to prosperity gospel megachurches (and all of the delightful contradictions therein). As we were developing the episode, I [...]
"Public pensions face even more risk exposure as they try to plug funding gaps." By Brian Swerdlow In 2000, most government retirement plans in America were fully funded. However, as pension plans voted to increase benefits or reduce government contributions, things began getting shaky. By the time 2016 rolled around, many government employees were [...]
Retirement Max Radio's Ken Reeves Ken takes a look at nuggets of financial wisdom offered to us by none-other-than Hollywood movie studios. Is any of it worth considering? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2Cuyy_ZOig #financialadvicefromhollywood, #moviesandmoney, #kenreeves, #retiremaxradio, #bestmoneypodcasts, #retirementpodcasts
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Authored By Dr. Wade Pfau,Ph.D., CFA, RICP® Retirement Researcher Readers of my last blog entry, Annuities and Delayed Social Security, provided many valuable comments, prompting me to now write a follow-up post. Most of the discussion centered on a chart showing the relationship between annuity payout rates and interest rates. That chart was actually a last [...]
Authored By Tammy de Leeuw for PR Log NAPLES, Fla. - March 10, 2023 - PRLog -- Stewart Wealth Advisors Regional Vice President Daniel Stewart says he is fed up with financial advisors and insurance agents who keep lowering the bar when it comes to client service. "A lot of agents and advisors I've met [...]
"Fears of robot overlords may be a tad overblown, at least for now." Teresa Kuhn Authored By Teresa Kuhn, JD, RFC, CSA - TeresaKuhn.com I'll be the first to admit that I am sometimes a little unnerved when I realize just how far the artificial language model known as ChatGPT has come. My anxiety increases [...]
By Daniel Stewart Most of us realize that tax planning, as challenging and somewhat onerous as it may be, is an essential component of building your comprehensive financial strategy. Tax planning, as opposed to just “doing your taxes,” is an intentional and specific way of organizing your tax liabilities so that you legally pay the [...]
By Eric Coons First, the bad news. The world's economy is in a period of turbulence unlike any we've seen in modern history. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like stability is coming anytime soon. The market's unpredictability, along with socio-political events, may make you fearful and paralyzed. The good news is that you can still rely [...]
"The higher your income, the more critical tax-efficient investing becomes." By Kenneth Reeves Apex Financial Nearly every American understands that taxes are one of their most significant expenses. Wealth planners regard taxes and inflation as the two most erosive forces impacting savings. Tax planning strategies are critical components of sound retirement planning, even for [...]
By Sean Sparkman Commonly known as The Fed, the Federal Reserve System is the United States' central banking system. Established in 1913 by the Federal Reserve Act, the Fed's creation was a response to financial panics and downturns in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Federal Reserve banks are technically not part [...]
