As if 2020 wasn’t turbulent enough, the news is all over speculating about stock market performance in an election year. Personally, I hate to talk about short term stock market performance—or any type of investment right now for that matter—because, frankly, it’s just more noise you don’t need right now! But in many ways, I’m […]
In the midst of changing jobs, whether taking on a new full time job or striking out on your own, you might have left behind an old 401k plan. Most of the time, we forget about our 401k plans because they operate on their own: a portion of your earnings automatically goes into your plan […]
https://staging.thinkingbigfinancial.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/What-to-do-With-an-Old-401k.png10801080Jim Marrocco, CFP®, CFAhttps://www.thinkingbigfinancial.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/TBF-Final-Logo-1-2-300x129.pngJim Marrocco, CFP®, CFA2020-08-28 00:03:042020-09-18 23:31:41Don’t you forget about me: What to do with an old 401k plan?
Right now, one question is in the back of everyone’s mind: What happens if something happens to me? It’s a question we tend to ignore in “normal” times. We think to figure out morbid things like making a living will or power of attorney sometime down the road. But in the wake of a public […]
The events of the last few weeks are a sad reminder of how deeply ingrained racism is in our country. It’s uncomfortable for me to think about just how bad structural racism and white privilege really are in this country. It’s even more unthinkable that this has endured for centuries. But I know everyday violence […]
Who would have thought that only a few months into 2020 we’d be talking about a wide-reaching student loan forbearance by the US government brought on by a global pandemic? Seems like a stretch to me, but here we are. Fortunately, instead of tanking us deeper into student loan debt, this provision of the CARES […]
Worried about Stock Market Performance in Election Years?
As if 2020 wasn’t turbulent enough, the news is all over speculating about stock market performance in an election year. Personally, I hate to talk about short term stock market performance—or any type of investment right now for that matter—because, frankly, it’s just more noise you don’t need right now! But in many ways, I’m […]
Don’t you forget about me: What to do with an old 401k plan?
In the midst of changing jobs, whether taking on a new full time job or striking out on your own, you might have left behind an old 401k plan. Most of the time, we forget about our 401k plans because they operate on their own: a portion of your earnings automatically goes into your plan […]
What happens if something happens to me?
Right now, one question is in the back of everyone’s mind: What happens if something happens to me? It’s a question we tend to ignore in “normal” times. We think to figure out morbid things like making a living will or power of attorney sometime down the road. But in the wake of a public […]
The Racial Wealth Gap Explained
The events of the last few weeks are a sad reminder of how deeply ingrained racism is in our country. It’s uncomfortable for me to think about just how bad structural racism and white privilege really are in this country. It’s even more unthinkable that this has endured for centuries. But I know everyday violence […]
The CARES Act & Student Loan Forbearance
Who would have thought that only a few months into 2020 we’d be talking about a wide-reaching student loan forbearance by the US government brought on by a global pandemic? Seems like a stretch to me, but here we are. Fortunately, instead of tanking us deeper into student loan debt, this provision of the CARES […]