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How To Create A Biweekly Budget In 5 Simple Steps

Clever Girl Finance

When you are paid on a biweekly basis, it may make sense to create a biweekly budget. A biweekly budget is perfect for those who get paid every other week. You can structure your budget around your paychecks so you don’t miss anything with your money, and you can find out how here! How does a biweekly budget work?

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (Dec 24-25)

Nerd's Eye View

From gradually raising the RMD age to 75 to expanding opportunities to make Roth-style contributions, to increasing the annual limit for Qualified Charitable Distributions, this legislation will likely impact nearly all financial planning clients!

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Weekend Reading For Financial Planners (February 24-25)

Nerd's Eye View

Which suggests that instead of trying to go head-to-head with these larger firms (and their heftier marketing budgets) in attracting clients, smaller firms might instead demonstrate how they are 'different' by offering a unique service offering tailored to their ideal target clients.

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4 Economic Charts That Might Surprise You

A Wealth of Common Sense

The Congressional Budget Office released new research comparing inflation on a basket of goods and services households at different income levels consume between now and 2019 along with changes in wages. Here’s the chart: And the explanation: For households in every quintile (or fifth) of the income distribution, the share of inc.

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Why Pre-Tax Retirement Contributions Are Better Than Roth In Peak Earning Years (Even If Tax Rates Increase)

Nerd's Eye View

tax policy are predicting that Congress will inevitably be forced to again increase tax rates in order to raise revenue and balance the national budget – and that the current regime of relatively low tax rates will prove to be a temporary phenomenon. However, with the national debt expanding rapidly, observers of U.S.

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10 Expenses to Include in Your Retirement Budget

WiserAdvisor

These expenses may form a large part of your budget today but may not likely figure in the future. Travel: When you create a budget for retirement, make sure to add travel to the list of expenses. As a result, when the time comes to spend your money, the costs become hard to accommodate in your budget. To conclude.

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Understanding the Four Phases of Your Retirement Budget Strategy

Integrity Financial Planning

1] Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) for many kinds of accounts go into effect, requiring you to withdraw from your retirement accounts if you haven’t already. [1] Estate planning and designing how you want your money to be distributed after you pass away can also be a major financial moment during this part of your retirement.