Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about whether dependent benefits are affected by the earnings test, how delayed retirement credits for retroactive benefits are calculated and how repayments of overpayments are calculated. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc, which
Month: July 2020
Mortgage applications are going strong Getty The pause in mortgage applications as the Covid epidemic took hold is looking like a mere blip in the distant past as buyer activity surges, according to the latest weekly data numbers. The Mortgage Bankers Association weekly report shows purchase applications rose 33% compared to this week last year,
People wearing face masks as a precautionary measure against the spread of the Covid-19 novel coronavirus, walk down a street decorated with Chinese lanterns in Hong Kong on February 29, 2020. VIVEK PRAKASH The Australian government has advised its citizens not to travel to Hong Kong, and to reconsider their need to remain in Hong
The Wirecard logo is seen at the payment company’s headquarters in Aschheim near Munich, southern Germany, on June 24, 2020. Christof Stache | AFP via Getty Images Despite its spectacular descent into insolvency last month, Wirecard‘s share price has not yet hit zero. Last week, Munich prosecutors raided the offices of the German payments giant,
Like many Black women, I was gifted with a subset of skills for resilience at a young age. Resiliency is powerful because it can emphasize the positive factors of pushing through in the face of adversity. This served me well throughout childhood, but created problems as I got older. I saw my resiliency as a badge
Joe Biden and Donald Trump Ron Adar | Echoes Wire | Barcroft Media via Getty Images; Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Goldman Sachs is warning that the upcoming presidential election could see delayed results, and is therefore recommending that clients hedge their market bets through December in anticipation of heightened volatility through November.
Jad Kamal lost his job and health insurance in March. Source: Jad Kamal In mid-March, Jad Kamal was laid off from his job as a sommelier at Lupa, an Italian restaurant in Manhattan. That meant another loss: his health insurance. What followed were headaches. “Sorting out Medicaid and unemployment was work,” Kamal, 36, said. “I didn’t
Junior’s Cheesecake owner Alan Rosen told CNBC on Monday that restaurants would be in serious financial trouble if they have to reopen then close back down due to the coronavirus pandemic. “This opening and closing could be the death knell of restaurants in this country,” Rosen said on “Power Lunch.” ”When people are buying up food, then
Getty Back in June, the consulting firm Milliman updated its estimated composite funded status for the 100 largest U.S. public pension plans, reporting that at the end of May, plans had made a fair amount of progress in recovering from the March market crash: while the 2019 year-end funded ratio had reached a level of
Getty The tax filing deadline for individual taxpayers is just a week away. If you’ve been pushing off filing, you may want to consider filing for an extension. It only takes a few minutes, there are no special hoops to jump through, and there’s no fee payable to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). And contrary
Realtor.com monthly traffic hit an all-time high of 86 million unique users in June. Getty It may be the lazy days of summer, but it feels like spring in the housing market — and not a moment too soon — as median home prices are surging. As buyers flooded into the market, realtor.com’s monthly traffic
Cristiano Ronaldo of Juventus evades challenge from Frenkie de Jong of Ajax during the UEFA Champions League Quarter Final second leg match between Juventus and Ajax at Allianz Stadium on April 16, 2019 in Turin, Italy. Chris Ricco | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images ViacomCBS will become the exclusive English language streamer of UEFA Champions
A major financial institution is starting to lose enthusiasm for U.S. stocks. Invesco’s Kristina Hooper is worried the latest coronavirus spike will push states to close their economies again. “Up until now the U.S. has been rewarded because of expectations that we wouldn’t see any kind of significant lockdowns even if infection rates grew,” the
“Constraints breed resourcefulness, self-sufficiency, and invention,” reads one of Amazon’s famous core leadership principles delineated on its website. This, one of the major tenants upon which Jeff Bezos built Amazon, is something he learned as a kid spending more than a dozen summers on working on his grandfather’s ranch in Texas. “I learned so much from my
A pedestrian passes by the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE, in New York on March 17, 2020. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/Michael Nagle via Getty Images) Xinhua News Agency Companies struggling to get through the coronavirus slashed the amount of money they returned to shareholders through dividends in the second quarter. The net
The exterior of New York Hardcore Tattoos on the first day of re-opening as New York City officially begins ‘Phase Three,’ of opening on July 06, 2020. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Many states are pushing jobless residents to get back to work — and are using their unemployment benefits as leverage. State officials are re-imposing rules requiring
Michael De Los Santos saw a big boost in sales on Blackout Day as consumers supported his BBQ sauce business. Source: Michael De Los Santos As activists and allies spread the word about Blackout Day, some Black-owned businesses said they saw a boost in support. The movement urged both Black consumers and others to either
By Richard Eisenberg, Next Avenue Editor Getty This is the time of year when personal finance writers like to tell readers to give themselves a midyear money checkup. That’s a good idea for 2020 and my co-hosts on the Friends Talk Money podcast and I have a few suggestions in our latest episode. But frankly,
A letter from the Internal Revenue Service, signed by President Trump, notifies a family via U.S. … [+] Mail of an economic impact payment direct deposit made to their account in East Derry, N.H., Monday, April 27, 2020. The funds were provided as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. (AP
The student housing industry has been hard at work planning for the fall. Getty With the fall semester approaching, student housing owners and operators are taking unprecedented precautions to ensure students return to a safe and productive environment. Students are likely to find transformed spaces in on-campus housing and new normals as they start or
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