Category: Financial Strategies

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The Tech Employees Guide to Portfolio Diversification and Concentrated Stock + Tax Saving Strategies

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In this post, we’ll outline everything you need to know about diversifying a concentrated stock position. We’ll cover what is too concentrated, the benefits of portfolio diversification (and the drawbacks), plus provide some tips on managing taxes. In our conversations with Tech professionals, we’ve learned that most know they should diversify their portfolio. But they don’t know how to start.... Read More

The Intel Pension Plan: Understanding the Major Change in 2021 and How to Assess Your Retirement Decision

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**UPDATE: We are aware that Intel has changed course and will NOT be changing its minimum pension calculation. We will update this blog post as more information is available.** Today we are going to tell you everything you need to know about the upcoming 2021 changes to the Intel Minimum Pension Plan (MPP). We are also sharing free resources and... Read More

SERPLUS or Mega Roth? Prioritizing Two of Intel’s Tax-Preferenced Savings Opportunities

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Ideally, with each paycheck or bonus paid we would have all the cash flow we need to support regular cash-flow needs, achieve our larger financial objectives and optimize deferrals to tax-advantaged accounts and other tax savings opportunities. However, money is a resource, and like most resources it’s limited. We are forced to prioritize where we spend, the objectives we further,... Read More

Navigating Medicare’s Annual Enrollment Period

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Every year, we get a lot of questions about Medicare open enrollment and who is eligible to make changes to their coverage.  Below is a guide to help you navigate some of the questions we are frequently asked. When is Medicare open enrollment for 2021 coverage? The open enrollment period, or Annual Enrollment Period (AEP), runs from October 15 through... Read More

What’s Your Benchmark?

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How did the market do today? Whether it’s NPR, the Wall Street Journal or small talk with your neighbor, most conversations about the stock market and economy inevitably reference either the Dow, NASDAQ or S&P 500. But are they appropriate measurements? What do they actually track? And most importantly, are they appropriate measure of performance? The investment benchmark industry is... Read More

Umbrella Insurance – Is It Right For Me?

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This year has been a painful reminder to always plan for the unexpected. As it relates to personal finances, one could use this lesson to revisit the riskiness of their investments (i.e. stock vs bonds), the amount of cash set aside for emergencies or tweak the monthly spending to remove unnecessary costs. While all of these are worthy examinations, this... Read More

How Much Company Stock Should I Hold? (Part 1 of 2)

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Chances are if you work in the technology industry, part of your compensation will include company stock. We’ve written about various forms of equity compensation before (RSU’s here and here, ESPPs here and here, Stock Options here) but today we want to address a question that anyone investing in their company ultimately has to answer: How much company stock should... Read More

DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO REFINANCE MY MORTGAGE? THREE CUMULATIVE FACTORS TO CONSIDER – (PART 2 OF 2)

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As with most financial decisions, when it comes to refinancing a mortgage there are near-term costs and benefits and long-term costs and benefits. In Part 1, I reviewed a four-step framework as a starting point to determine if refinancing a mortgage is beneficial. The focus of that framework is to assess first, whether a refinance made sense in light of... Read More

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