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John Ruzza | Founder of Main Street Financial

Changes to Inherited IRA’s

Recap of changes to Inherited IRA’s There are several important tax considerations involving RMD’s (required minimum distributions) that every IRA beneficiary and any other retirement account holder should know, that came out of the SECURE 2.0 ACT. A “10 year rule” now applies to many beneficiaries of inherited IRA’s. Also,

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Andy Mayer | Main Street Financial

Does A High Income Guarantee Financial Security

For this month’s blog post I want to address a common misconception that “A High Income Guarantees Financial Security”  There are many people that believe that having a high income automatically ensures financial stability and security. However, it is amazingly easy for high income earners to find themselves lost when

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Joel Macyauski | Main Street Financial

Values Based Investing

What is values-based investing and is it for me? Values-based investing is an approach to investing that not only considers financial returns but also the ethical and societal impact of investments. The main idea of values-based investing is to align an individual’s investment decisions with their values and beliefs. When

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John Ruzza | Founder of Main Street Financial

Give Now or Give Later……

Give now or give later….. Over the years we have discovered that of all the ways you can use money (lifestyle, saving, debt/taxes & giving), giving is by far the area most of us are not content or satisfied with, in our current state of affairs. Why is that? It

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John Ruzza | Founder of Main Street Financial

To Convert, Or Not?

For many years now the decision to convert IRA money to ROTH IRA has both promoters and detractors. Why is that? Most of the fuss is over whether to pay taxes now or later. If you knew with certainty whether tax brackets would be higher or lower than where you

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Look Across the Valley, Not in the Valley | Main Street Financial

Look Across the Valley, Not in the Valley

Look Across the Valley, Not in the Valley Some excerpts from a conference call on April 2nd, made by Nick Murray, a financial services professional of fifty years, and one of the industry’s most respected writers and speakers. The theme of his talk was “Look across the valley because right

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