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Passing on Your Passwords
This week’s article looks at one of the last things your family, friends, or business would want to stress over upon your death: your passwords. It goes through password management software with systems for assigning heirs, what types of passwords are important to save, and how you can set someone up to receive full or partial access to your Google, Facebook, and Apple accounts upon your passing.
Fight the Bear Market With a Roth IRA
This week’s article takes a look at an animal investors might prefer to come face to face with in the wild than in the stock market: the bear. One silver lining of a sinking stock market is that it puts Roth IRA conversions on discount. This article provides a highly detailed comparison of the tax implications of traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs so that you can determine if a conversion can help you make the most of this downturn
Buying High and Selling Low
We all know the adage “buy low, sell high”, yet in practice it can be easy to freak out and make rash decisions in the stock market. Diving into behavioral economics and psychology, this article presents a pretty convincing case that the best thing you can do for 401(k)’s is to spend less time checking the market.
Taxes for Military Retirees
For the abundance of current and former armed service members here in Dayton and beyond, this article looks at the 10 states where retired veterans receive the least in tax benefits. Many states offer tax breaks for retirees and have additional tax breaks for veteran pensions while others do not. This article raises important questions for veterans to consider in their retirement planning.
Retiring...On a Cruise Ship
When it comes to retirement planning, it can sometimes help to think outside the box. That’s exactly what the subjects of this week’s article, accountant Angelyn Burke (one of our favorite kinds of people) and her husband Richard, did when they made the decision to retire on a cruise ship.