How To Afford Long Term Care
It’s estimated that 69% of people age 65 or older will need long-term care services at some point in their lives. This could range from in-home care to residence at an assisted living facility or nursing home. Regardless, few people realize how common it is to need these services or how expensive they are. To help you prepare for the...
Six Red Flags When Dealing with an Insurance Agent
Insurance agents get a bad rap, as they are often clichédly depicted as being ruthless self-centered people who are only interested in making money. While the cliché is untrue, there are unfortunately some unscrupulous agents out there. So, you need to be aware of any potential red flags when dealing with an insurance agent. High-pressure Sales Tactics An ethical insurance agent...
Should You Remortgage Your House?
Your house is quite possibly your biggest, and most valuable asset. How you utilize that value can help to elevate your financial situation. One way is to refinance or remortgage your home. Remortgaging entails replacing your existing mortgage with a new mortgage. There are two ways to approach a remortgage. The first is a renewal, where you seek to get...
4 Tips to Help You Secure Startup Funding
Having a big idea is the obvious first step in putting your plans into motion, but your passion is not going to fund your project. Funding a startup can depend on a mix of factors and you must consider how each of these factors will impact your business’s ability to raise, manage, and maintain capital not only at the...
Will Accountants Work Harder With Biden at the Helm?
As soon as Joe Biden assumed control of the office, the world got excited to see a prime minister who would instill sudden changes in the economy. Especially for the millions of Americans who were stuck with financial issues, Joe Biden claimed that he would be nothing less than a ray of hope. When Biden became the president, getting...
The Fintech Formerly Known as TransferWise: New Look Wise Aims to Benefit From IPO Fever With $7bn Listing
British banking fintech Wise, formerly known as TransferWise, is readying itself for an IPO offering that’s expected to arrive in May. The floatation could well leave the company staring at a valuation of between $6 and $7 billion, according to sources close to the company. Wise is best known for facilitating cross border transactions and has appointed Goldman Sachs and...
4 Crypto Trading Tips to Help You Make the Maximum Profits
The stories of crypto millionaires have become so common that a lot of people are starting to see cryptocurrency as a viable investment option. While Bitcoin has grown to be very popular around the world, people are starting to invest in other cryptocurrencies as well. Where on one side it is opening a world of opportunities for them, there is...
How Invoice Automation Can Impact Your Business
As a business owner, there’s no doubt that you are always looking for ways to make your life easier and your business run better. Sometimes a seemingly small change can make a huge difference in how efficient you are, and in your bottom line. Invoice automation can be one of those changes. If you are currently doing your invoices...
What can we learn from the GameStop showdown?
In January 2021 an event took place that had never occurred before, which shook the financial markets to its core. A surge of independent traders flocked to purchase stocks in the formally redundant US gaming firm, GameStop, after having swapped trading tips on social media forums such as Reddit. As a result, it was coined a battle against seemingly...
How Did Tax Reform Change Accelerated Depreciation?
It seems like only yesterday tax reform blotted newspapers and publications with derisive headlines ostentatiously for taking stark positions as a means to engender compromise. Well, those fights have come and gone and now the repercussions of those changes will last for years to come. Now, taxpayers need to understand the new law’s changes and plan their financial situations accordingly. ...