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Forget It, China’s Not Booming
Jeffrey Snider, head of global investment research at Alhambra Investments, says China is in fact not growing rapidly, which sounds disheartening for commodity investors. He reckons a crucial investment metric has weakened, pointing to slower economic expansion: https://www.bnn.ca/video/forget-it-china-s-not-booming-money-manager~1310003
2018 Social Security and Medicare Changes
Every new year brings changes and for 2018 the Federal Government has made changes to Social Security and Medicare. Surprise, surprise! Some retirees get a raise. Some workers will see more come out of their checks for future benefits. And most Medicare recipients will pay more for health care. First, the good news. For the first time in almost three [...]
The Healthcare Vampire
Oh, for the old days when planning for retirement was simple and you knew what to expect, especially when it came to healthcare. There was Medicare. Add a good Medicare supplement to cover other costs and you were good to go. Those days are gone! For many retirees, healthcare has become Dracula and it’s sucking the blood out of their [...]
IRS Grants Regulatory Estate Tax Relief
ESTATE TAX ALERT- IRS GRANTS REGULATORY ESTATE TAX RELIEF POTENTIALLY WORTH MILLIONS By Rafael A. Perez, Esq, Chief Compliance Officer The IRS has provided regulatory relief in the estate tax arena for surviving spouses whose partner died after 2010. While this relief applies to a very narrow set of persons, if it does apply you may substantially reduce future [...]
Medicare
Medicare. The name is as recognizable as Kleenex®, KFC®, and Coca Cola®. But if asked what Medicare is, most people can only tell you it’s government health insurance for older people. If you’re going to do serious retirement planning you need to know more than that. If you don’t, you could miss sign up deadlines and that will cost you. [...]
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