by Corey Beal | Dec 6, 2022 | Behavior, Finance, finance tips, Financial Services, Financial Stuff, Required Minimum Distribution (RMD), Retirement, Roth IRA, Roth IRA conversion, savings, tax planning, Taxes
What is a Roth IRA conversion? A Roth IRA conversion is a strategy to help you save money on taxes (if done correctly) in the long run. A conversion moves pre-tax dollars from your retirement accounts such as a 401(k) or IRA into a Roth IRA. The amount that you...
by Corey Beal | Nov 23, 2022 | charitable contributions, college funding, College planning, Finance, finance tips, Financial Stuff, FSA, health insurance benefits, HSA, Investing, portfolio, Required Minimum Distribution (RMD), Retirement, Roth IRA, savings, tax loss harvesting, tax payments, tax planning, Year end financial planning tips
As the end of the year approaches, it is time to finish up your last-minute financial to-do’s. Here is a list of things that you should consider as you wrap up the year so that you can leave 2022 feeling like a financial badass. Review this list now as many deadlines...
by Corey Beal | Nov 11, 2022 | Bear Market, Behavior, Diversification, finance tips, financial plan, Financial Stuff, Historical Stock Market, Inflation, Investing, Investing fear, portfolio, Recession, savings, Stock Market Decline & Recession, Stocks, Volatility
Yesterday (11/10/22) happened to be the best day in the stock market since 2020! The U.S. stock market (S&P 500) rose 4.8%, International stocks surged 5%, and publicly-traded REITs increased by more than 6%. Did you hear much about this? I am guessing not as the...
by Corey Beal | Apr 7, 2022 | Financial Stuff, Investing, Retirement, Stock Options, Taxes
Did you get offered company stock options in 2021?? If so, congrats! If you bought or exercised your stock options, then you need to watch for these common tax pitfalls when filing your taxes. There are a lot of different acronyms and names out there when referring to...