2% Cost of Living Adjustment Just Announced by Social Security for 2018
Social Security recipients will receive a 2% increase in their benefit in 2018.
October 13, 2017
Resources
Welcome Tim Hilterman and Jake Buckwalter!
In August, we were pleased to welcome two new Investment Advisors, Tim Hilterman, CFP®, and Jake Buckwalter, to our Investment Advisory Team at Whitcomb & Hess.
October 13, 2017
Equifax Cybersecurity Incident
On September 7, 2017, the credit monitoring company Equifax announced a “cybersecurity incident” involving unauthorized access to consumer information affecting up to 143 million customers.
October 12, 2017
2017 Retirement Plan Contribution Limits
As we ease into fall, let’s review the maximum contribution limits for Retirement Plans for 2017.
October 11, 2017
Investment Update
What is usually a quieter summer period was rudely interrupted by more geo-political drama and extreme weather events. Nevertheless, overall good news in economic data from Europe, UK, Japan, and Brazil helped markets continue to creep up. At the time of this publication, US Stocks are rallying to all-time highs. The S&P 500 Index (large US companies) is up 14.24% YTD while international holdings are up 19.17% according to the MSCI World ex-USA index.
October 10, 2017
How to avoid 3 big tax mistakes
Every year taxpayers are hit with tax surprises that could be avoided if they just knew the rules. Here are three big ones that are easy to avoid with some simple planning.
October 6, 2017
Don’t fall for fake charity scams
After disaster strikes, people often want to help those in need. Unfortunately, this is also when fake charities pop up. The IRS recently reported an uptick in emerging charity scams since hurricanes Harvey, Irma and others made landfall.
October 6, 2017
September 2017 Market Insight
As September comes to a close, it’s interesting to look at a few market proverbs compared with how markets have been performing. “Sell in May and go away” refers to the strategy of booking profits at the end of May each year and waiting out a traditionally down time in the market. If you subscribed to this strategy in 2017, you would have missed out on the S&P 500 rising more than 4% over the summer (June 1 – Sept 29).
October 2, 2017
The Economic Impact of a Natural Disaster
Between recent Hurricanes Irma, Harvey, Maria, not to mention an array of hailstorms, earthquakes and fires that have plagued the non-coastal areas of the country,
October 1, 2017
