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Fresno Financial Consultant News: Should You Purchase Flood Insurance?
If it rains where you live, it can flood at your house. Extreme weather, leading to hurricanes, storm surges, flash floods and rising bodies of water, is no longer a problem exclusive to coastal areas. Almost every home in America is potentially a flood zone. A flood zone is simply a measure of risk. You…
Read MoreFresno Financial Consultant News: Let’s Talk About … Bankruptcy
According to a recent paper by a Wharton Business School professor, one in 10 U.S. households have filed for bankruptcy at some point. Moreover, approximately 1 million file for personal bankruptcy each year. Yet, even in the wake of total household debt soaring to a record $14.3 trillion in the first quarter of 2020, the…
Read MoreFresno Financial Consultant News: Investors Benefit From “Fee Wars”
From two-for-one buys to free shipping, consumers love saving money. The same is true for investors. Over the past 20 years, investors have become savvy at monitoring not only how much their portfolio earns, but how much they pay in management and other fees. This attention to cost has driven expenses down in the last…
Read MoreFresno Financial Consultant News: Is the Economy Slowly, Silently Sliding?
Prospects for stock market growth have remained resiliently and optimistically cheerful this year, despite the nine-month-long pandemic. Unfortunately, the time may be at hand for a stock market price correction that better reflects the state of the global economy. The lack of ongoing fiscal stimulus which, even if passed, may not feasibly be able to…
Read MoreFresno Financial Consultant News: Coronavirus Silver Lining: Permanently Shorter Workweeks?
While technology and engineering advances have exponentially increased productivity throughout the past century, 40-hour workweeks are still the norm. Meanwhile, countless companies throughout the U.S. and the world have found that shorter workweeks make employees more productive. Studies show that a four-day week can boost productivity by as much as 40%. Workers spend their limited…
Read MoreFresno Financial Consultant News: What To Expect From the Payroll Tax Holiday
Christmas came early this year. Well, sort of. In an effort to provide financial aid to millions of Americans in dire economic straits, President Trump declared a payroll tax holiday between September and the end of the year. Available to workers who earn $104,000 a year or less, this means that no FICA taxes will…
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