By: Alex Canitano Today is the big day. You wake up, head to the closet, and throw on your cap and gown. It’s the day you graduate college. The dean instructs you and your classmates to turn the tassel from right to left, and you toss your cap in the air, excited and [...]
By: Vince DiGiacomo Imagine saving diligently for your child’s college education, only to watch them earn a full scholarship or choose a different path entirely, leaving a heap of unused funds trapped inside of a 529 College Savings Account and staring down the barrel of taxes and penalties. Before late 2022, families had [...]
By: Matt Garrott By: Dan Shomper Asset allocation may account for the majority of an investment portfolio’s returns, and we are big believers in indexing in certain asset classes, but that doesn’t mean that money manager selection is an afterthought. There are too many options available to simply throw a dart [...]
By: Dan Shomper Today is one of those unofficial holidays where financial folks get a chuckle over the date matching up with a financial topic. On the list of date puns it falls after Pi day (3/14) and Star Wars day (May the 4th [be with you]), but before 401(k) day, which is [...]
By: Dan Shomper The SECURE (Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement) Act 2.0 was signed into law on December 29th 2022, almost exactly 3 years after the original SECURE Act was passed. While the SECURE acronym could have used some more work (my opinion), legislators did work hard to stuff this Act [...]
By: Brian Tullio The low-rate environment of the past several years has been a boon to many estate planning techniques and greatly benefited those looking to tax-efficiently transfer wealth. However, 2022 has brought record high inflation, prompting the Federal Reserve to begin a campaign of interest rate increases in hopes of taming inflation [...]
By: Chris Martin We operate in a digital world. Today, everything from your grocery shopping to your banking can be handled with a mouse click or screen tap. But that reliance on technology to manage our day to day lives can cause us to think less and click faster online. And that is [...]
By: Brian Tullio A great deal of time and consideration is often spent creating an estate plan to protect and provide for your family and loved ones. All too often a single, costly mistake can derail that plan. Below are five such pitfalls and ways to avoid them – do not let these [...]
For many people, January is a time for resolutions. Start with the end in mind. Yogi Berra said, “If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up someplace else.” If you made a resolution to improve your financial health for the new year, quantify your goal. Here are some more tips from Fairway to [...]
By: Brian Tullio The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 was signed into law by President Biden on March 11, 2021. The sweeping $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package authorizes a multitude of new and expanded economic aid programs to offer assistance to individuals, families, and businesses struggling amidst the pandemic. The following is [...]
