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Q&A: Minimum Contribution to Open a Donor Advised Fund at Schwab Charitable?
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Now, thanks to this change, anyone with charitable intentions can open and benefit from a Donor Advised Fund.

Account Protection at Schwab
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Schwab offers protection by the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) and Lloyd’s of London for investment accounts and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) coverage for deposit accounts.

Systemic Inequality in the Social Security Rules
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Social Security as it exists today is a failure either way you look at it.

Don’t Pay The Price of Structured Products Despite Principal Protection
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Given the purposeful complexity and limitations to structured products we suggest you avoid them.

How Your Tax Is Calculated: Tax Table and Tax Computation Worksheet
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Whether you are on the Tax Computation Worksheet or in the Tax Table it helps to understand how your tax is calculated.

Radio: Elder Abuse Scams
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On Tuesday, July 13, 2021, David John Marotta appeared on Radio 1070 WINA’s Schilling Show with Rob Schilling to talk about Elder Abuse Scams and how to protect yourself.

#TBT Taxing Capital Gains Unfairly Taxes Inflation
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Punishing people for inflation is neither fair nor good economic policy.

How Roth Conversions Affect Your Contribution Basis
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In the eyes of the IRS, Roth conversions are a type of rollover and their part in your Roth IRA’s contribution basis is called a rollover contribution.

Life Lesson #5: Start Your Day with a Smile
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Just as a fake smile can make real happiness, fake happiness can create real enjoyment.

Marotta Family Saying: Not Good If They Have to Advertise It
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This was part of an intentional anti-ad campaign that my mother instituted to inoculate her children against the power of Madison Avenue.

#TBT Things to Think About Before You Invest
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Knowledge and emotion can play off each other in ways that cause investing mistakes.

Some Financial Planners Are Not Like The Others
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I recommend the NAPFA search tool and suggest you avoid the CFP Board’s search tool until they change how they do their searches.

Life Lesson #4: When Your Soap Runs Out
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I think of these four lessons when I refill my soap dispenser.

#TBT The Real and Present Danger of Inflation, Even for Babies
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Investors greatly underestimate the danger of inflation.

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