Financial Planning

 Financial Planner Shares 3 Smart Tips for Retirement

April 4, 2014 

Financial Planner Shares 3 Smart Tips for Retirement

With home ownership, job opportunity and retirement security in decline, an Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor poll shows that most Americans agree with what the experts have said. Seven in 10 think that tomorrow’s adults – today’s kids – will have less financial security than adults today.

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March 11, 2014 

FICO to Release New Credit Scoring System

Credit and business analysis company FICO has announced a change to the well-known FICO Score, the most commonly-used measure of U.S. consumer credit risk. The new scoring system will be available beginning this summer.

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February 13, 2014 

Reality Bites: The New 3.8% Net Investment Income Surtax

The specter of the dreaded new surtax on “net investment income” (NII) has turned into reality. For the first time ever, some upper-income taxpayers will have to pay the 3.8% surtax on their 2013 income tax returns. This could be a harrowing experience for some of your clients.

Ken Berry, JD

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