Small Business By the Numbers: Infographic
The number of small businesses in the U.S. continues to grow, with more than a third started and owned by women. These small companies cut across all industries and sectors, and in fact, have been major job creators over the last decade. These are just a few of the highlights from a snapshot of the […]
3 Employee Traits That Can Save Your Business From Legal Headaches
By Christopher Coble, Esq. on May 1, 2015 12:09 PM First and foremost, you want employees that can do the job — capable, competent, and committed. After that, you’re probably looking at an employee’s interpersonal skills and how they represent your company to the public. But there might be some different traits you’ll want to […]
High Poverty After ‘Gray Divorce’
How divorce after 50 may affect your retirement savings – Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/yourmoney/sc-cons-0205-journey-20150202-column.html
Many Who Lost Homes to Foreclosure in Last Decade Won’t Return — NAR – WSJ
Tight credit underwriting and lack of desire to buy again. http://www.wsj.com/articles/many-who-lost-homes-to-foreclosure-in-last-decade-wont-return-nar-1429548640?mobile=y
Work Email: Balancing Privacy and the Right to Speak – Free Enterprise
By Christopher Coble, Esq. on March 27, 2015 6:01 From the Sony hack to Hilary Clinton, work email has been all over the news lately. This may leave many employers wondering how closely they can or should monitor their employees’ emails. In some cases, federal law limits how much an employer can monitor electronic correspondence […]
If I Marry You, Do I Marry Your Student Loans Too?
Is it true if I marry my boyfriend that his student loan debt becomes mine too? –Rennette Fortune @RFortuneMedia viaTwitter. Short answer: No. His student loan debt is his alone and his payment history for those loans stays on his credit history, not yours. When you are ready to buy a house together, though, his […]
Savers Are Losers?
This image requires an alt attribute. Robert Kiyosaki: Savers are losers – or are they? – #PropertyInvestment http://tinyurl.com/n5nbwnt
Are Index-Fund Investors Smarter? (Wall St Journal – Mar 26, 2015)
Index funds don’t just outperform most actively managed mutual funds. They also make more money for investors. And, no, I didn’t just repeat myself. At issue here is the distinction between a fund’s total return and its dollar-weighted return. The total return is the standard performance number you see on fund-company websites and in fund […]
3 Ways To Value A Business For Sale (National Federation of Small Businesses)
Entrepreneurs ready to sell must decide whether an asset, income or market-valuation approach makes the most sense for their business. Although there are all sorts of reasons you might need to estimate the value of your small business—such as a divorce or a dispute over estate or gift taxation—the most typical one is when you’re […]
