Jul. 2— Q: I've heard a recent law, known as Secure 2.0, created some interesting possibilities for leftover money held in 529 plans for college savings. A: Among the many changes that Secure 2.0 created to enhance retirement savings, Congress did establish some new rules for college savings plans, commonly known as 529 plans. The overall limit for a 529 plan-to-Roth…
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Help clients turn their investment properties into retirement income
Guide your clients when they are unsure of what to do with the wealth generated by their real estate investments.
Among the affected banks are Bank of America Corp., PNC Financial Services Group, Truist Financial Corp. and Wells Fargo& Co., all with a major Triad presence. The stress-test scenarios are created annually by the Fed, along with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. For example, for the first time the Fed board "…
Don’t overlook the LGBTQ+ population
The LGBTQ+ community has been the subject of recent legislation and executive orders that shed light on this population segment’s financial planning and insurance challenges.
Younger generations struggle with accessing financial advice, often unsure how to get advice or feeling as if they don’t have enough saved to receive it.
—A California man is going to prison for running a cow dung-to-green energy scheme that authorities say was a load of manure. Ray Brewer, 66, of Porterville was sentenced Monday to six years and nine months in federal prison in a years-long scam that bilked investors out of $8.75 million, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney's office.
A new study finds Investment fraud has become the No. 1 costliest type of fraud in the U.S. with a record $3.82 billion stolen in 2022, up from $1.6 billion the previous year, with Kentucky having one of the largest average victim losses. According to the findings released Monday, Kentucky ranks No. 6 with the average victim losing $151,253 per incident last year.
If you save and invest for decades, you'd like to know you can retire without financial worries. Nonetheless, you still have to be aware of some threats to a comfortable retirement- and how to respond to them. Your withdrawal rate should be based on several factors, including your age at retirement, the size of your portfolio and the amount of income you receive from…
9 reasons wealthy clients should consider LTCi
Although some high-net-worth individuals might want to self-fund their long-term-care needs instead of buying a long-term care insurance policy, self-funding is not always their best option.
The Great Financial Crisis bear lasted 517 days (from Oct. 9, 2007, to March 9, 2009, and caused a 56.8% drop in the S&P 500 index. To help thaw the frozen economy, Congress enacted a series of spending measures, and concurrently, the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates to zero and purchased government and mortgage-backed bonds. The combination of these trillions…
A Fort Worth owner of oil and gas companies was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for running a multi-million dollar fraudulent scheme, announced Leigha Simonton, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas. Billy Marcum, Jr., 67, pleaded guilty in December 2022 to wire fraud. District Judge Mark Pittman, who also ordered Marcum to pay more than $16…
TAMPA, Fla.— Starting this fall, all ninth graders in Florida will need to take a financial literacy course before they can graduate high school. It may be summer, but Savannah and Alana Powell are learning how to manage their finances– a lesson that has the potential to last a lifetime. Their father, Cedric Powell is a financial advisor who is supporting the measure.
RALEIGH— A bill addressing environmental and social governance has passed both houses of the General Assembly and was sent to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on June 14. Destin Hall, Jason Saine, Celeste Cairns, and Neal Jackson.
Barring additional suspensions from Congress, student loan payments will resume this fall after a three-year forbearance that began as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Fidelity Investments studied nearly 60,000 student debt holders and found that roughly one in five borrowers report allocating nothing to their 401.
Long Island resident Jason Kurland, age 49, of Dix Hills, was sentenced to 13 years in federal prison in US District Court in Brooklyn on Thursday, June 15. According to prosecutors, Kurland was a partner at a Long Island law firm between 2018 and 2020, and built a reputation for representing lottery jackpot winners across the United States. In 2018, Kurland took on…
The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, Dena J. King, issued the following news release on June 20, 2023:. A criminal indictment has been unsealed in federal court in Asheville, charging four individuals with allegedly executing a multi-million dollar bank fraud scheme, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North…
Financial professionals still favor tried and true investments
Financial professionals are interested in recommending alternative investment vehicles for their clients but are concerned about the lack of liquidity and overall cost associated with those investment vehicles.
ESG rule needed to counter ‘chilling effect,’ DOL says
The Department of Labor’s ESG rule is needed to correct the “chilling effect” a previous Trump administration rule placed on those environmental, social and corporate governance investment options, U.S. attorneys argue.
The left and the right both agree Social Security and Medicare need reform. Reader K writes, "Those who work the hardest in our country are the same people funding the Social Security Trust Fund and are still paying into the Medicare fund even when they are enrolled in Medicare and receiving Social Security. "Many of those higher-income people found out just how…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Binance have reached an agreement in court that lets the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange continue to operate in the United States as it battles SEC fraud charges. The SEC alleges Binance broke U.S. law by operating as an unregistered securities exchange. As a result, the SEC asked that the assets of…
