By Rafael A. Perez, Esq., Partner at McArdle, Perez & Franco P.L. and Chief Compliance Officer at Alhambra Investments
Introduction: Over the past several decades of practicing real estate law I have had many clients, both domestic and foreign, ask me to apply for...
The Coronavirus is changing the landscape, as we know it, in almost every part of life. Unquestionably, it’s also shaking up the financial universe and changing rules that have been etched in stone for decades, and retirement accounts are no exception.
With the Coronavirus...
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S.
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin extended the 2019 tax filing date to July
15. As a result, it also extends the
deadline for making a 2019 contribution to your Individual Retirement Account
(IRA) or Roth IRA. You now have until July 15 to make...
As I sit
here Monday evening with the Dow having closed down 2000 points and the 10-year
Treasury yield around 0.5%, the title of this update seems utterly ridiculous.
With the new coronavirus still spreading and a collapse in oil prices
threatening the entire shale oil industry, recession is now the...
I was having a
conversation about retirement health insurance with an acquaintance of mine who
just retired. He’s a former corporate executive—an analytical person—who’s
always done his homework to avoid as many surprises as possible in the business
world. He’s done the same thing with healthcare and decided that a Medigap
policy...
I’m a Baby Boomer—in the
middle of the Boomer pack. Talk to almost anyone of my generation and they’ll
tell you stories of what retirement looked like for workers when we were
growing up. Back then it was common for someone to work for only one company,
starting at age 18...
Financial attitudes are changing with America’s young adults. For decades, parents have taught their kids that part of proper planning included saving for retirement. Saving could be accomplished with investment accounts, individual retirement accounts or any one of a litany of employer-sponsored retirement plans, including the 401(k)....
Retirement is supposed to be the time of carefree living; the reward for a lifetime of hard work, saving, and sacrifice. But it seems that may be more utopian pipe dream than reality. The wealth gap in the United States is getting wider, which in turn increases...
Call it a gift. Call it crazy.
Call it whatever you want. But it’s good news. The IRS will let you put more
money into your 401(k) account in 2020.
The maximum contribution
to a 401(k) this year is $19,500, up from $19,000 in 2019. If you...