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Is It Possible to Have Too Much of a Good Thing? 08/15/2017 08:00pm • Employees at insurance company Aon (NYSE: AON) can no longer count on the company's stock as a linchpin in their retirement planning. In July, Aon said it will no longer offer employees the option of buying company stock in their 401(k) plans. Employees will have to find other investment options wi Should You Sell Your Business Before You Retire? 08/15/2017 08:00pm • Retirement planning is especially complicated for business owners. You have to fund your own retirement plan and decide what to do with your business before you retire. Many retiring business owners decide to sell the business. The proceeds from the sale can help to fund retirement. However, the 3 Ways to Stop Overthinking Investing 08/14/2017 08:00pm • There's a fine line between monitoring your investments and micromanaging them. Cross over that line and your preoccupation quickly becomes an obsession that can lead to poor decision-making. "Given the inherent uncertainty about the future, investors have to make decisions without having complete 6 Habits of Above Average Retirement Savers 08/14/2017 08:00pm • The average balance for retirement accounts is about $100,000, according to Fidelity. That's low considering retirees may need their money to last 30 or more years past their retirement date. Retirement account balances certainly rise as years in the workforce increase, but other habits can help yo Are You Better Off Getting Cash Back or Points From Your Credit Card? 08/14/2017 08:00pm • If you're an avid credit card user and enjoy accessing the rewards that often come with them, you may wonder sometimes: Is it financially smarter to get a credit card that offers cash back or one that offers credit card points? There's really no right or wrong answer. If either cash back or points w Investments Can Give You Social Security Options 08/14/2017 08:00pm • By the time people approach the start of Social Security, most have some sense of the trade-offs. Start later and you get a bigger check. Start early and you get more checks over your lifetime. But also worth considering is how working in retirement can affect the size of your Social Security check No sales tax on school stuff in Md. this week 08/14/2017 04:51am • WASHINGTON — You won't have to pay sales tax on clothing, footwear and certain school supplies in Maryland through Saturday, Aug. 19. Items exempt from the 6 percent sales tax: Clothing and footwear with a price of $100. The first $40 of backpacks and bookbags. (Accessory items are not Save on Sales Tax During Back-to-School Shopping 08/13/2017 08:00pm • American families are expected to spend $83.6 billion on back-to-school shopping in 2017, according to an annual survey from the National Retail Federation. "Back-to-college spending is expected to hit an all-time high this year while back-to-school spending is expected to see its second-highest sp Here's Who's Left on the President's Manufacturing Council 08/13/2017 08:00pm • Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK) CEO Ken Frazier is the second business leader to resign from the President's American Manufacturing Council. Frazier announced his resignation from the council on Monday, citing President Donald Trump's failure to explicitly condemn white supremacists and Nazi symp How To Bet On A Bond Market Collapse 08/13/2017 08:00pm • The list of high-profile investors and economists warning of a potential bond market collapse is getting longer by the week. Fortunately, for investors looking to hedge their bullish bets or profit off of a bursting bond bubble, there are several investment funds designed to rise as bond prices fal The Outlook for Stocks for the Rest of 2017 08/13/2017 08:00pm • Will stocks continue rallying for the remainder of the year? As with many things, the late baseball genius Yogi Berra summed it up well: "It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." Anyone who has tried to forecast the stock market knows that investing is no exception: It often ma From its Crystal City HQ, Bloomberg BNA keeps growing 08/13/2017 08:45am • Across the street from the Crystal City Metro station, in a nondescript office building, stands the headquarters of Bloomberg BNA, one of Arlington County’s largest private employers.Each day, more than 1,000 employees push through its revolving glass doors or take the elevator up from the undergr How to Do 'For Sale By Owner' the Right Way 08/10/2017 08:00pm • For those hoping to maximize profits on a home sale, posting a "for sale by owner" sign in the yard is an appealing option. Real estate brokers typically take 5 to 6 percent of the sale price, which could mean as much $12,000 is lost to commissions in the sale of $200,000 house. However, saving mon 4 Ways to Ride the Railroad Boom 08/10/2017 08:00pm • North American rail freight companies are on track to continue benefiting from more efficient operations and could keep gathering steam from a strengthening economy. After years of being "notorious destroyers of value," the rail companies around the middle of the last decade began improving their o Fast Food Restaurant Stocks Offer a Safe Haven 08/10/2017 08:00pm • Quick-serve restaurant stocks have been on a tear in recent months, climbing an average of 10 percent since the end of March. However, Bank of America analyst Gregory Francfort says investors should still have plenty of appetite for McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) stock. McDonald's stock is alre