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Contract Surety 03.28.2024

Manufacturing Construction: Batteries!

  Manufacturing construction remains strong. Interestingly, for example, though current demand for electrical vehicles lags, construction of the manufacturing plants needed to produce the batteries is hopping. Analysts say it’s all about taking the long…
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Manufacturing Construction: Batteries!
Contract Surety 03.28.2024

Office Building Conversions

  Vacant office buildings became a thing–fast–during the height of COVID-19, and offices never really filled back up, or returned to “normal,” despite the hopes of employers and realtors. Around the country, construction is underway…
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Office Building Conversions
ERISA 03.28.2024

Millennials on Retirement: ASAP!

  Almost half of Millennials say they want to retire as soon as they are financially able to do so. Confidence in the ability to retire is fairly strong too, with about half of Millennials…
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Millennials on Retirement: ASAP!
ERISA 03.28.2024

Essential protection – ERISA

The term “fiduciary breach” often evokes images of significant mishaps within company-sponsored retirement plans, leading to notable legal disputes. Yet, a more common and equally troublesome issue for business owners is failing to secure the…
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Essential protection – ERISA
Court Bonds 03.28.2024

Planning Ahead: Capacity Decline

  A brutal truth is that we can never know if or when we could experience a capacity decline that impedes our ability to run our businesses, handle our finances, and make sound decisions. That’s…
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Planning Ahead: Capacity Decline
Court Bonds 03.28.2024

Death and Taxes: Who Pays What?

  While the saying “you can’t take it with you,” is true of our money and possessions, taxes do follow us into death, remaining due until paid off, usually by the personal representative or other…
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Death and Taxes: Who Pays What?
ERISA 03.23.2024

Accepting Market Volatility?

  Data reveals that overall, we’re feeling more experienced as investors and more comfortable with market volatility. A research report from benchmarking firm, Hearts & Wallets, finds the number of households feeling inexperienced with investing…
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Accepting Market Volatility?
ERISA 03.23.2024

Appreciating The 401k

  Staying up to date on ERISA compliance, scurrying around with SECURE 2.0 provisions, and keeping benefits competitive are all big lifts for plan sponsors these days. Take heart, though: employees really do appreciate the…
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Appreciating The 401k
Contract Surety 03.23.2024

Analyzing The Balance Sheet

  Businesses can have the ability to produce revenue, as shown on a P&L (profit and loss statement), but poor financial health, as reflected on the balance sheet. Because it summarizes net worth at a…
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Analyzing The Balance Sheet