Mar 29, 2022 | Financial Planning
Do your research, focus on your contributions and be willing to walk away With employers gearing up to boost spending on pay in 2022, there has rarely been a better time to go after a raise. Companies are setting aside an average 3.9% of total payroll for wage...
Mar 25, 2022 | Financial Planning, Investments, Retirement Planning
Zoom calls at 8 a.m., emails at midnight. The workday ballooned during the pandemic—but it’s possible to push back without jeopardizing your careerHave we forgotten how to say no?Our boundaries have been scrambled by two years of working through a crisis, often from...
Mar 22, 2022 | Financial Planning
Big swings in lumber futures prices are preventing traders from laying bets, giving them time for other things; ‘Gone fishing’ Lumber futures are on another wild ride, but trading them has gotten pretty boring. Bored of trade In 25 of this year’s 35 trading sessions,...
Mar 18, 2022 | Financial Planning, Retirement Planning
Total number collecting unemployment benefits through state programs falls to lowest level since 1970 Help wanted sign at a New York City restaurant last month. Continuing claims for jobless benefits are at the lowest level since 1970. PHOTO: LEVINE-ROBERTS/SIPA...
Mar 15, 2022 | Financial Planning, Investments, Taxes
Governor Michelle Bowman calls for ‘prompt and decisive action to lower inflation’ Michelle Bowman speaking at a Fed Listens event in Washington, D.C., in 2019; Ms. Bowman says she expects ‘uncomfortably high inflation’ will persist through the middle of 2022....
