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Financial Fraud – Tips to Protect Yourself

The Chicago Financial Planner

While Bernie Madoff passed away in April of 2021, financial fraud is still very much an issue. Along with the “old fashioned” types of fraud, we now have cybercrime to worry about. Financial fraud is all over the news. Whether high-profile Ponzi Scheme cases via the likes of Madoff, Allen Stanford or many smaller cases, investors are being defrauded out of their hard-earned money at an alarming rate.

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What Is the Hobby Loss Rule & How Can It Impact Your Business?

MazumaBusinessAccounting

What Is the Hobby Loss Rule? If your business goes too many years without making a profit, it can be classified as a hobby. When it becomes a hobby, you can no longer claim losses as business deductions. In order to determine if you are running a business or a growing hobby, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) looks at the following qualifications: Do you put in the time to turn a profit?

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How Guest Expert Articles Can Help You Get More Clients

Indigo Marketing Agency

Did you know guest expert articles are one of the best ways to get out in front of prospects and gain more clients as a financial advisor? This is a strategy that we deploy for several of our advisor clients—and it’s one of my personal favorites. Watch this three-minute video as I explain how guest expert articles can help you get more clients as a financial advisor: Here’s how it works… How to Do Guest Articles As a Financial Advisor With this strategy, you bring in a guest expert to talk abou

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Animal Spirits: How to Crush a Job Interview

The Irrelevant Investor

Today’s Animal Spirits is brought to you by BlockFi On today’s show we discuss: The CFA is a colossal waste of time Coinbase is buying a lot of Bitcoin Visa bought a crypto punk My take on NFT mania Ben's Mona Lisa take People are working multiple jobs Jobless benefits and people going back to work 74% of homeowners haven't refinanced (survey) Why I'm going to a 30-year mortgage Why is Spotify buying back stock?

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What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!

Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.

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The Tech Employees Guide to Portfolio Diversification and Concentrated Stock + Tax Saving Strategies

Cordant Wealth Partners

In this post, we’ll outline everything you need to know about diversifying a concentrated stock position. We’ll cover what is too concentrated , the benefits of portfolio diversification (and the drawbacks), plus provide some tips on managing taxes. In our conversations with Tech professionals, we’ve learned that most know they should diversify their portfolio.

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Tax Tangle in Congress

Brown Advisory

Tax Tangle in Congress ajackson Fri, 08/27/2021 - 15:03 While there are no new details on the substance of any potential tax law changes, there is activity on Capitol Hill that could pave the way for a spending bill later this year that is supported by increased tax revenue. The recently passed budget resolution in the House and the early comments from members of Congress of potential tax law changes suggest that significant negotiations will be required to get to a unified approach for Democrat

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These Are the Goods

The Irrelevant Investor

Articles The Fed sets the interest rate (the price of money), not the quantity of money. (By James Montier and Philip Pilkington) Life is easier, but deciding is more complex. (By Packy McCormick) On one hand the excitement is infectious, on the other hand the participation in absolute terms is nowhere even close to what we saw in 2017. (By Justin Paterno) I have lost my confidence as a blogger.

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I Don’t F*ckn Get It

The Irrelevant Investor

The last time I wrote about non-fungible tokens, activity peaked a few days later. Like many casual observers, I thought that when the volume dried up, that would be the last we heard about NFTs. At least for a while. Well, it turns out the rumors of their demise have been greatly exaggerated. NFTs, once again, are on absolute fire. Remember back in February when a group of investors cobbled together $208,000 for a LeBron James moment.

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Tax Tangle in Congress

Brown Advisory

Tax Tangle in Congress. ajackson. Fri, 08/27/2021 - 15:03. While there are no new details on the substance of any potential tax law changes, there is activity on Capitol Hill that could pave the way for a spending bill later this year that is supported by increased tax revenue. The recently passed budget resolution in the House and the early comments from members of Congress of potential tax law changes suggest that significant negotiations will be required to get to a unified approach for Democ

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