Month: January 2020

Getty The start of a new year is when many of us ask ourselves what lies ahead personally, professionally and financially. We happily hang a colorful 2020 calendar, jot down birthdays, upcoming vacations, and other future events. My guess is, however, you don’t mark down personal finance events and deadlines there. Big mistake. For your
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Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about when and how a married couple can file, survivor’s benefits and the earnings test, divorced spousal benefits before retirement benefits, avoiding filing for retroactive retirement benefits unintentionally and the availability of divorced spousal benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the
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kate_sept2004 The legal and financial fortunes of gay and lesbian Americans have changed beyond recognition. That’s largely thanks to the legalization and rapid public acceptance of same-sex marriage and antidiscrimination protections, as well as other civil rights shifts, for LGBTQ people across the U.S. in recent years. Whereas same-sex couples, unable to marry, once had
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Office and residential skyscrapers against bright sun and clear blue sky. Commercial real estate. … [+] Glass and metal in urban architecture. High-tech facade design. Modern business city district. Office buildings exterior. Financial city district. Reflections and highlights in glass. Wide angle city photography. Getty Historically low interest rates have helped boost interest in real
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Getty Stop me if you’ve heard this before: “Life expectancy has increased so much since Social Security was implemented that it’s only natural that the Social Security Full Retirement Age should increase to the same degree.” Or: “Back in the day, people hardly ever lived past 65, but now that’s changed,” etc. And, in fact,
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It’s 1099 season, so I thought a recent decision in the Southern District of New York might rate some attention. I doubt the litigants want to be more famous because of this so I am going to call them Jane, the company and the other partners. If you must know who they are, you can
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The sprawling home is reminiscent of the traditional plantation style of Old World Hawaii. Marcus Bloss Photography/Oceanfront Sotheby’s International Realty CrossFit co-founder and CEO Greg Glassman is looking to sell his plantation-style home and an adjacent lot on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, as a package deal for $9 million. The 11-acre estate is tucked
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