The husband does not have a will and the deed to the family home is in his name only. He has children from a former marriage. Asked his current wife in a
Your job as executor of a will
Most of us have watched movies or read books that depict a lawyer reading the will in front of the family. Script writers add to
When Worlds Collide
Despite repeatedly denying he had any designs on his neighbor, Vladimir Putin launched an invasion of Ukraine late last month. Conditions
It wasn’t that long ago when our money and assets were safe, or at least there was a high degree of perceived safety. Investment accounts were secured by SIPC
A bumpy January
There are plenty of reasons why inflation is at a 40-year high: easy money and low interest rates, rising wages, supply chain disruptions, and
A banner year and a new year
The year 2021 was a banner year for investors. The broad-based S&P 500 Index, which is made up of 500 larger U.S. companies
The new year is the perfect break in the calendar that allows us to take off the old and put on the new. It’s like turning the page. It's a new chapter. It's
Looking to year-end
The holidays are always hectic but consider carving out some time for year-end financial matters.
A number of questions about proposed
Alphabet soup
A sharp acceleration in economic growth, increasing worries about inflation, a reluctant-to-act-against-inflation Fed, and a strong stock market
Media headlines pre- and post-Thanksgiving focused on myriad shortages and rising prices, costs for everything from turkeys to gas. Even Christmas trees were in
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New high is October—what drives the overall market?
Following a modest sell-off in September, stocks racked up a big gain in October, with the Dow Jones
