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Student Loan Payment Pause Extended Through January 2022
There have been four student loan payment pauses since the start of the pandemic. The latest pause extends repayment obligations for federal student loan borrowers to January 31, 2022.
'Everything Screams Inflation.’ How to Interpret the Headlines
A look at headlines from the past 50 years shows the difficulty of timing markets around inflation expectations. Investors may be better served sticking to a long-term plan.
Why We Fight About Money
You have to understand what you’re really fighting about to make peace.
Health Mistakes to Avoid After 50
All of us can improve the odds of a longer, more healthful life simply by avoiding the health mistakes that people tend to make after age 50.
An Action Plan for Long-Term Care
Many people put off creating a long-term-care plan. This step-by-step guide can help you get over inertia, dread, or both.
How Potential Tax Reform in 2021 Could Affect Your Charitable Giving
Tax incentives may help you to give more than you could otherwise and provide even more resources to causes you care about.
Antitrust Crackdown Aims to Increase Competition
The executive order targets industries in which heavy market concentration is believed to be driving up prices.
What Do Higher Wages Mean for Corporate Profits?
Where things go from here will continue to depend on the trajectory of earnings – investors should use profits as a guide when positioning equity portfolios for a post-pandemic world.
Mid-Year Is a Good Time for a Financial Checkup
As life emerges from the pandemic to a "new normal," a mid-year financial checkup may be more important than ever this year.
The Middle Way
How we as the most powerful species on our planet approach environmental concerns is now front and center in the summer of 2021.
A Midyear Update on our Economic and Market Outlook
Macroeconomic indicators signal that the global economy is rebounding faster than many had expected from its sharpest contraction in modern history.
What's Boosting Value Stocks?
The same forces driving higher consumer prices are also helping lower-priced stocks.
New Global Tax Accord Takes Shape
After more than four years of international negotiations, 132 countries recently agreed to a new plan to reform international tax laws.
Are Concerns About Inflation Inflated?
US consumer prices were up by 5.4% for the year ending June 2021, the largest annual increase since August 2008. Naturally, inflation is at the center of attention for many US investors.
Types of Home Improvement Loans
You have more home improvement loan options than you probably realize, so let’s take a look at the different ways to finance your next renovation project.
Welcome Janelle Saunders
Please join us in welcoming Janelle Saunders to New Capital Management. Janelle will be assuming the Administrative Coordinator position.
Don't Be Dogmatic About Retirement-Portfolio Withdrawals
In high- (or low-) tax years, retirees may have reason to flout the rules of thumb on withdrawal sequencing.
Should You Be Concerned About Inflation?
If you pay attention to financial news, you are probably seeing a lot of discussion about inflation, which has reared its head in the U.S. economy after being mostly dormant for the last decade.
Hostage Data: Ransomware and Protecting Your Digital Information
While major ransomware syndicates focus on more lucrative targets, plenty of cybercriminals prey on individual consumers.