Estate tax planning is crucial if you want your beneficiaries to inherit as much of your wealth as possible. Without a solid tax plan, part of your estate might be lost to liabilities that could have been prevented. The SECURE Act generally requires most non-spouse beneficiaries to fully withdraw inherited retirement account assets within 10…
Mortgage rates fell a little today, as lenders wait for the Fed’s rate announcement. The average interest rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage fell to 6.61% APR, according to rates provided to NerdWallet by Zillow. This is 12 basis points lower than yesterday and one basis point higher than a week ago. (See our chart…
Every year since graduate school, I try to get to the Berkshires in western Massachusetts and visit Tanglewood, where I enjoy the music of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO). This past Friday, I made it to the Koussevitzky Music Shed and—as is the case at so many Tanglewood performances—there was an encore. But instead of…
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during bilateral meeting at the Bestepe Presidential Compound, following Trump’s arrival to attend the annual NATO Summit on July 7, 2026 in Ankara, Turkey. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Tuesday resurrected his push for the U.S. to acquire Greenland, and suggested the U.S….