If you really love your classic car, perhaps keep it if you can, rather than sell it. Photo / 123rf Q: I’m in my mid-forties, with the mortgage on our family home about $150,000 remaining. Our other assets – in various states of liquidity across shares, index funds, crypto, classic car – are also about … Read more
Adding some fixed income exposure to those equities – a 20pc bonds, 80pc stocks mix – reduces the volatility. A portfolio with this mix typically falls less, reduced to 19pc before recovering over time. Return expectations are also dampened with volatility however, and an average return on £1,000 over five years is £1,892. Still too … Read more
Maryland leaders are launching investigations into school systems statewide amid confusion over state funding.Millions of dollars are being sent from the state government to nearly two dozen schools under the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future. A new report by the Maryland Office of the Inspector General found a serious lack of oversight for how the funds … Read more
Tax breaks for charitable donations come in many flavors, and this year Congress has a new one for seniors called an IRA charitable gift annuity. It allows older owners of traditional IRAs to donate account funds to a charity and get tax breaks plus income payments for life. Brian and Deborah Smith of Park City, … Read more