Article by Beth Pinkser | Article Found on Reuters Surveys regularly find that Americans have no idea what a 529 college savings plan is, so a little tinkering under the hood is definitely needed. For more than 20 years, families have been able to save in these dedicated investment accounts, with the funds accumulating tax free, […]
Article by Jennifer Cohen | Found on Entrepeneur.com What do Cher, Warren Buffet, and OKCupid founder, Christian Rudder, all have in common? While you might have guessed that they’re professionals at the top of their game, it’s not the only similarity. The truth is that they all have an even bigger commonality among them: they all work out, […]
Article by Gretal Egan | Found on AccountingToday As Tax Day looms near, many individuals are likely scrambling to gather their 2016 tax documents to avoid missing the filing deadline. This year’s “extension” to April 18 may have contributed to an atmosphere of procrastination: According to an IRS interim results report, early March filings for 2017 […]
Article Found on Knowridge Science Report Few companies or organizations are looking to fail when they plot a new strategy. However, turning a blind eye to the possibility that a strategy may fail can have disastrous consequences. According to Rita McGrath, a professor at Columbia Business School and leading expert on strategy and disruption, there is […]
Article by John Mauldin | Article Featured on Forbes By 2035, the number of Americans 65 and older will climb from about 48 million today to over 79 million. That’s the Baby Boomer impact. There are now 2.8 active workers for each Social Security beneficiary. This number will likely drop to fewer than 2 workers per […]
Article By Andrew Griffiths | Found on Inc.com In business most of us are pretty good at allocating money for the bills, things that have to be paid, perhaps buying new equipment, new resources to use around the office, staff training and all kinds of fairly tangible expenses (as much as we might not enjoy paying […]
Article By Sarah Landrum | Found on Forbes Millennials. They grow up so fast. America’s “Generation Y” is now moving into management roles in the workplace. They’re also starting families. And all this “grown-up stuff” inevitably means one thing for them — Goodbye, work-life balance. The generation who works harder for less money than Boomers now […]
Article Found on Knowridge Science Report Today, more and more self-employed business owners may call themselves entrepreneurs, a label that connotes creativity, innovation, and success. But not all business owners are alike. Prof. Ross Levine found evidence that a company’s legal status–incorporated or unincorporated — can be used as a reliable measure to distinguish entrepreneurs from […]
Article by Ilana Polyak | Featured on Journal of Accountancy Home is where the heart is. And it can also be where the assets are. As of 2011, home equity made up about three-quarters of the average American’s net worth, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Despite this high figure, the home doesn’t always factor into […]
Article by Andrew Josuweit | Found on Forbes When Adam Reres was in high school, he decided to take a different route than many of his peers. Rather than go straight to the four-year school of his dreams, he decided to start his education at a community college. “My decision to go to community college was […]