With terms like “affordability crisis” and a “K-shaped” economy dominating economic headlines amid rising geopolitical tensions, there’s an underreported bright spot buried beneath the pessimistic news: Total U.S. retirement assets, including money saved in 401(k)s and individual retirement accounts (IRAs),…
If there’s one word that best summarizes the current economy, it’s uncertainty. Open a newspaper, scroll through financial headlines, or listen to earnings calls, and the same theme keeps surfacing. Uncertainty has become the new normal — and it shows…
Over the past several decades, baby boomers and their parents have amassed a considerable amount of wealth. That wealth is now beginning to pass to Generation X and millennials. According to a new report, about 1.2 million individuals, each with…
Americans want to live longer, healthier lives, but here’s the problem: while we’re living more years overall, many of those extra years are spent dealing with long-term illness and physical decline. One scientifically backed way to improve overall health and…
Benjamin Franklin was many things: a Founding Father, writer, scientist, inventor, diplomat, printer, publisher, businessman, and political theorist. Yet one of his more impressive legacies — Franklin the philanthropist — is often overlooked. The man who gave us bifocals, the…
Many people create revocable living trusts as part of their estate plan to manage their accounts and property smoothly, avoid the court process known as probate, and make life easier for their loved ones. While the grantor (the person who…
The superrich call them “trust reveals” — meticulously planned events where the next generation learns who inherits the ski lodge … or the money needed to buy and board horses. According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal,…
The estate tax gets many headlines and was a focal point in recent negotiations over President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). But if you plan to leave property to a grandchild, there’s another tax you should know about…
Many terms have been used to describe the intergenerational wealth shift expected as baby boomers, the richest generation in history, reach the end of their lives and pass on the fortunes they’ve accumulated over decades of rising home values, stock…
What Is a Durable Power of Attorney? A durable power of attorney is an extremely important estate planning tool, even more important than a will in many cases. This crucial document allows a person you appoint – your “attorney-in-fact” or…