Practice management consultancy E&W Strategic Partners has released a transition to fee-for-service handbook that it believes goes beyond the pricing of advice.
The booklet has grown out of a series of workshops hosted by the consultancy in partnership with the Financial planning Association (FPA). E&W Strategic Partners managing director Lap-Tin Tsun said it was a comprehensive guide to transitioning to fee-for-service that not only focused on the different fee models and the pricing of advice but also took the planner through a step-by-step guide from the history of financial planning to …

Understanding 401k Options When Changing Jobs
Jan 27, 2010 Larry Darter
Whether leaving for greener pastures or hit with a lay-off, those with company sponsored 401k plans should make an informed decision about what to do with their 401k plan with the former employer.
There are four options to choose from:

Leave the retirement savings in the existing 401k plan.
401k rollover to a new employer’s 401k plan if transfers are accepted.
401k plan rollover to an IRA.
Withdraw the balance of the old 401k.

The best option depends on specific variables involved. Understanding the options and consequences …

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Lawmakers are looking beyond the 2010-2011 budget year that begins Friday to the 2011-2012 budget that legislators will begin considering in March when new representatives and senators convene in regular session.
“Unless the economy improves drastically, we’re looking at a train wreck of huge proportions,” state Rep. Jack Page, D-Gadsden, said Wednesday of the 2011-2012 budgets.
Page is vice chairman of the House Government Appropriation Committee that considers the General Fund.
The 2010-2011 budgets approved earlier this year will not be much different than the current budgets and would have been worse …

SUMMARY
With the S&P 500 dropped more than 6% and the international market performed no better, January sees perhaps the most brutal start of the year in recent memory.
For three months in a row now, my portfolio lost money. This time, for a total of 60 grand in one month, including more than $26,000 in one month in self managed portfolio, and about $34,000 in my employee stock option account.
There is little to celebrate, except that my self-managed portfolio is actually performing better than the general market. my finance-stock-stuffed …

Spot Gold Prices broke above $1300 an ounce early in London trade on Monday, pulling silver to new 30-year highs above $21.60 as world stock markets crept higher.
US crude oil contracts held north of $76 per barrel while the US Dollar recovered from new 5-month lows to the Euro, hit overnight in Asian trade.
Major economy government bonds rose, pushing interest rates down across the board and nudging 10-year UK gilt yields back below 3.00%.
“The conditions for the kind of sharp fall in Gold Prices that followed the 1970s’ bull market …

Companies are acting on the chance to issue cheap overvalued debt and buy back their underpriced equity. Corporations are leveraging up, just when the average investor is working to decrease their leverage.
Companies from Microsoft Corp. to PepsiCo Inc. and Hewlett- Packard Co. are taking advantage of low-cost financing, purchasing their stock to boost per-share earnings at a time when the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index trades at a 26 percent discount to its average valuation since 1954. at the same time, choosing buybacks may show executives are too concerned about …

LONG TERM CARE INSURANCE-John Jastremski & The Retirement GroupA brief look at LTC coverage and the compelling reasons for it.
Provided by John Jastremski & The Retirement Group
With many more Americans living past age 80, the need for long term care is rising, and so is the interest in long term care insurance. Yet, a 2006 AARP study noted that most Americans surveyed were underestimating the rising costs of LTC, and presupposing that government programs would provide adequate assistance.
The different care options. Most people assume LTC insurance pays only for nursing …

Investing money in order to have a well to-do retirement is a hot topic nowadays. a lot of people want to have a decent life after they retire and consequently they start saving money both as early as they can and as many as they can afford. Unfortunately, many of them do not move further and stop at mere saving money. They do not foresee inexorable inflation that may ruin even exorbitant savings. on the contrary, more farsighted citizens look for options to invest their money in order to fight …

(World Press Release) Respected financial planner develops quantitative analytics to set business owners on the path toward financial security
P. Christopher Music, a leading financial and wealth planning advisor, recently released the Financial Prosperity Index TM (FPI), a free tool to help business owners gain an objective view of what results to expect when utilizing the services of a financial planner.
The Financial Prosperity Index TM can be accessed for free at www.MyProperityIndex.com. the tool requires users to complete a 20-minute questionnaire about their current financial situation, attitudes and goals. the answers …