Monthly Archives: March 2015
Irrevocable Trust Could Have Saved Fuss Over Novelist’s Estate
The late Tom Clancy’s novels showed he had a remarkable grasp of military strategy. His muddled estate shows he did not bring the same kind of acumen to his own personal financial affairs, according to a recent article on the website insurancenewsnet.com. Clancy passed away in Baltimore on Oct. 1, 2013. He was 66…. Read More »
Coalition Wants Better Rules Governing Financial Advisors
A number of public interest groups have formed a coalition whose purpose is to protect the interests of retirees. These organizations want the “U.S. Department of Labor to revise rules requiring financial advisers to act in their clients’ best interests when offering retirement investment advice,” according to a recent story by Carole Fleck on… Read More »
PBS Series Offers Entertainment, And Investing Lessons
Sound financial advice is nice, even when it’s the byproduct of a popular television show. As a recent article on CNN pointed out, there are valuable lessons to be learned from “Downton Abbey,” the PBS Masterpiece program that focuses on British aristocrats in the early 1900s. The entire premise of the ongoing series, in… Read More »
The Challenge of Successfully Applying for Veterans Benefits
The government’s helping hand can be a little slippery and hard to hold on to — especially for veterans. For the last few months, NPR has featured an ongoing series called Back at Base, which chronicles the lives of American troops all around the world. A special part of that series, released just a… Read More »