Archive for January, 2014:

7 Things Tax Preparers Wish We Would Do

Date: Jan 04 2014
Filed under: Taxes, Personal Finance, Income Tax, IRSJustin Sullivan/Getty Images By Geoff Williams Between now and April 15, as you start preparing your taxes, the best thing you can do for your wallet is think about how you can make life easier ...Read More »

Pickups rule Top 10 best-selling vehicles for 2013

Date: Jan 03 2014
Top of the list stays intact, but the bottom shows shifts in consumer preference http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/VkPCYCPvGk0/ Read More »

Asa Lakeman of VantagePointe Financial Group Earns CFP(R) Designation

Date: Jan 03 2014
1888PressRelease - Asa Lakeman, CFP®, Financial Advisor at VantagePointe Financial Group, has been authorized by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards (CFP Board) to use the certification marks CFP® and Certified Financial Planner™ in accordance with certification and renewal ...Read More »

After Market: Dow Bounces Back, but Techs (and Talks) Weigh on Stocks

Date: Jan 03 2014
Filed under: Market News, Federal Reserve, Stocks, Interest Rates The Dow bounced back from Thursday's sell-off, but the overall market was mixed. One factor weighing on the market: hawkish comments from Charles Prosser, the president of the Philly Fed. He said ...Read More »

Older Workers Taking Jobs from the Young? Nonsense! Say Economists

Date: Jan 03 2014
Filed under: Careers, Job Market, UnemploymentAlamy By MATT SEDENSKY CHICAGO -- It's an assertion that has been accepted as fact by droves of the unemployed: Older people remaining on the job later in life are stealing jobs from young people. One problem, many ...Read More »

Bernanke: Fed Still Committed to Low Rates

Date: Jan 03 2014
Filed under: U.S. Government, Federal Reserve, Interest Rates, Economy, InvestingSusan Walsh/AP By Jonathan Spicer PHILADELPHIA -- The Federal Reserve is no less committed to highly accommodative policy now that is has trimmed its bond-buying stimulus, Ben Bernanke said Friday in what could ...Read More »

Komen sees big drop in 2013 contributions

Date: Jan 03 2014
Decision, quickly reversed, to stop giving grants to Planned Parenthood behind 22% drop. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/VmAK7y7tgYY/ Read More »

Soft December can’t undercut boffo 2013 auto sales

Date: Jan 03 2014
Soft December can't undercut boffo 2013 auto sales http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/RFAUdmDzuow/ Read More »

Buffett weighs in on wisdom of owning media

Date: Jan 02 2014
Four years ago, the legendary investor dissed media companies but did invest in small chains. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/cq5sAK9xFzc/ Read More »

Manufacturing expands at solid pace

Date: Jan 02 2014
Index slips to 57 from 57.3 in November, but that's still the second-highest reading in 2 ½ years. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/y6FEzlTAIFg/ Read More »