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You may have heard, or read, something about the AOL brouhaha recently. If you haven’t, here is a quick summary for you. In a CNBC appearance recently, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tim Armstrong announced that effective this year, 2014, AOL would make a change in the way it distributes 401(k) matching contributions to employees. Instead …
Along with politics, religion, and race relations, money is one of those things most people do not like to talk about. Recently I posted the value of my portfolio after a brief internal debate. One reason I decided to post the value was because of legitimacy. By that I was referring to the idea an individual that is writing …
Brief: Moving On Up (2013). Contrary to what you may have initially thought, this report is not about George and Louise Jefferson. Instead, this report from the Pew Charitable Trusts considers the question, “Why Do Some Americans Leave the Bottom of the Economic Ladder, but Not Others?” It observes that one of the hallmarks of the American Dream …
Recently, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced cost-of-living adjustments affecting contribution limits for pension plans and other retirement-related items for the 2014 tax year. Some pension limitations such as those governing 401(k) plans and IRAs will remain unchanged because the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) did not meet the statutory thresholds for their …
