by Daniel May | Apr 25, 2023 | Blogs, FYI by FTE, Investing
Health Savings Accounts, or HSAs, are extremely powerful savings and investment vehicles for medical expenses and retirement. They are right up there with Roth IRAs in our Financial Order of Operations – and might even be a bit better. HSA contributions are...
by Daniel May | Apr 19, 2023 | Blogs, FYI by FTE, Investing
Investing when the market is going down doesn’t feel good. In periods when the market is steadily declining, you probably don’t look forward to logging into your investment accounts. It just isn’t fun to feel like your contributions aren’t working for you (and that...
by Daniel May | Apr 17, 2023 | Blogs, FYI by FTE, Investing
If you are above the income limit to contribute to a Roth IRA, you’ve probably at least heard of something called a backdoor Roth IRA contribution. Depending on how immersed you are in the world of finance, and how comfortable you are DIY-ing, you may be hesitant to...
by Daniel May | Apr 13, 2023 | Blogs, Financial Planning, FYI by FTE
This article was originally published in November of 2022. Not everyone gets excited about annual IRS inflation adjustments, but there are some reasons to be excited for next year’s adjustments especially, as they are the largest in years. While everyone would...
by Daniel May | Apr 12, 2023 | Blogs, FYI by FTE, Investing
This article was originally published in October of 2022. If you’ve been paying attention to financial markets at all this year, you know the stock market has not been doing great. The chart below shows the S&P 500 year-to-date, which is down a little over 20%....