The Secure Act
At the end of 2019, Congress passed the most sweeping change to retirement rules in over a decade.
At the end of 2019, Congress passed the most sweeping change to retirement rules in over a decade.
Love is in the air. It’s almost Valentine’s Day and Cupid is out on the prowl. Maybe you are looking for love, maybe you are already in love, but have you thought about your relationship with your money? Finding out what defines your relationship with your money can help you figure out how to work to make your love with your money grow, and maybe get a little help from Cupid.
Financially, many of us associate April with taxes – but we should also associate April with important IRA deadlines.
Another year, another list of new year’s resolutions. Most of us pick lofty, broad goals with no action plan on how to get there (for example, “be better with my money” or “lose weight”). These kinds of non-specific goals usually result in failure because there is no plan to achieve them or because the goal setter attempts to overhaul their life in a huge and disruptive way that ends in burnout.
Humans behave irrationally and make emotional decisions about money and investing all the time. That’s what the emerging field of behavioral finance is all about.Use these mental tricks to help overcome your inner irrationality and be smarter about money.