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The Best and Worst Ways To Spend Your Year-End Bonus

The Best and Worst Ways To Spend Your Year-End Bonus

Good news for employees: Even though 2020 and 2021 have been distinctly different from years past, full of economic strife due to the global pandemic, more employers are opting to give year-end bonuses. So if you're one of the fortunate workers who's receiving one, you can rest a little easier knowing there's more money going into your bank account.

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What Does a Democratic-Controlled Congress Mean for Financial Planning? Here’s What to Expect

What Does a Democratic-Controlled Congress Mean for Financial Planning? Here’s What to Expect

……..It also means heightened enforcement around conflicts of interest through the SEC’s Regulation Best Interest rule that went into effect last year to restrict unsavory practices by brokers and making sure they put clients’ interests ahead of their own when making recommendations. That is a good development for individual investors and will accelerate the trend toward fee-only or fee-based financial advice……..