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Tips for Minimizing Taxes in 2012 & Beyond

TIPS FOR MINIMIZING YOUR TAXES IN 2012 & BEYOND You may want to exploit these strategic opportunities. Will the Bush-era tax cuts expire next year? We may not have an answer to that question for several months. After the November elections, you could see them extended once again. Nothing is certain: with the daunting financing challenges the federal government faces, they may finally expire in 2013. If your goal is tax minimization, here are the “to-dos” you might want to [...]

By |2017-03-28T08:17:32-04:00August 30th, 2012|Income Taxes, Personal Finance|Comments Off on Tips for Minimizing Taxes in 2012 & Beyond

Protecting Yourself While Shopping Online

Protecting Yourself While Shopping Online What steps should you take?  Whether you shop online routinely or infrequently, the risk of identity theft rises as you offer more and more information about yourself online. Don’t use a debit card, and use only one credit card. If your debit card gets hacked, the thieves may be able to access your bank account. But if you use just one credit card for online shopping, you’ll just have one card to cancel if your [...]

By |2017-03-28T08:17:33-04:00August 16th, 2012|Personal Finance|Comments Off on Protecting Yourself While Shopping Online

Can We Avert the “Fiscal Cliff”?

CAN WE AVERT THE “FISCAL CLIFF”? 2013 isn’t far off, yet both sides of Congress could end up far apart. Recently, you may have heard about the “looming fiscal cliff”, the “coming fiscal cliff” and so forth. What exactly is it? Briefly stated, the “fiscal cliff” is a potential $7 trillion dilemma facing Congress this fall – a Congress not known for ready cooperation. If America goes over it, our economy could stumble.1 Will Congress act before 2013? Federal Reserve [...]

By |2017-03-28T08:17:33-04:00August 9th, 2012|Business/Economic News, Income Taxes|Comments Off on Can We Avert the “Fiscal Cliff”?

Insurance Implications From The Appoval Of The Affordable Care Act

INSURANCE IMPLICATIONS FROM THE APPROVAL OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT What happens in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision? The mandate stands.  By a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court has upheld the core of the 2010 Affordable Care Act. The law’s most controversial provision will stand – the mandate requiring every American citizen to buy individual health insurance coverage.1 The court made a key distinction, interpreting that mandate not as a directive but as a tax. “The federal government [...]

By |2017-03-28T08:17:33-04:00July 26th, 2012|Business/Economic News, Health Insurance|Comments Off on Insurance Implications From The Appoval Of The Affordable Care Act

The Financial Impact Of The Affordable Care Act

THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT  A look at the ripples from the Supreme Court decision. President Obama’s health care law has held up in the Supreme Court. So what impact might this have on the stock market, businesses, and investors in the coming months? How will Wall Street take this? After the June 28 ruling, stocks of key managed care companies fell while hospital stocks and Medicaid-related stocks rallied. Was this a reaction confined to a market [...]

By |2017-03-28T08:17:33-04:00July 12th, 2012|Business/Economic News, Personal Finance|Comments Off on The Financial Impact Of The Affordable Care Act
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