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At 6 feet 1 inch, 247 pounds and only 31 years old, Tedy Bruschi doesn't fit most people's profile of a stroke victim. But just two weeks after helping his team win the Super Bowl, the star New England Patriots linebacker was in an ambulance...
Brokers often take a shortsighted view of their careers, and this usually turns an effort to convince them to think about their own retirements into an uphill battle. Indeed, given the average advisor's zeal to earn as much as possible as quickly...
For closely held family business owners who want their businesses to pass to the next generation, there are various estate-planning techniques that should help them avoid significant transfer tax costs. These range from simple gifts of family...
California is a significant force in philanthropy in the United States. In 2001, California's taxpayers contributed $16.5 billion to philanthropy, in a year that saw $122 billion given to charity nationwide. California ranks 10th in the country in...
There comes a time in the life of many wealthy families when selling the family business seems like the right thing to do because no one in the younger generation is interested in taking over or selling means unlocking wealth that will catapult...
Owners of closely held businesses have traditionally used buy-sell agreements to restrict the transfer of interests in their businesses to unwanted third parties, and to establish the price and terms for purchases of interests in their businesses...
For decades, estate planning has been dominated by techniques designed to minimize a confiscatory federal estate tax. But higher exemption levels created by the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA)1 have significantly...
Tax planning for estates took a hit in 2001 when the White House decided to repeal the estate tax in 2010. But business is back. As the debate drags on over whether to make that repeal permanent, advisors and investors are deciding it's better to...
Merrill Lynch is taking a radical new look at how retirement and baby boomers are perceived and it could change the way their advisors structure their retirement businesses. A new study from the firm asserts that the oft-predicted baby boomer...