The Tax Foundation says that despite the drop in home values, property tax collections increased by an average of 4% nationwide from 2007 to 2008. Here is an interesting summation: "Home values dropped by almost 16 percent from 2007 to 2008, yet...
Our sister publication, Trusts & Estates magazine, has, in its August issue, an illuminating round table about tax uncertainty and estate planning. One of the participants in the feature, Joshua Rubenstein, a partner of Katten Muchin Rosenman...
I know lots of advisors who help their clients come up with a game plan to save for their children's education. Indeed, it is such an important part of any family's financial plan that we've even launched a column on the subject. But, perhaps, the...
Fat friends make you happier than thin ones. Seriously. This weekend's Financial Times featured a story about what makes people happy. The results might surprise you. And, you FAs, listen up: Money may not buy you happiness, an economist says...
Or so claims Mark Jeffries, a former equity salesman for Merrill Lynch and the author of The Art of Business Seduction. Jeffries, who wasn't big on going out and getting faced, says he was canned partly because he didn't carouse with his boss. ...
