Medicare enrollment now open
The annual Medicare Open Enrollment Period is the time during which Medicare beneficiaries can make new choices and pick plans that work best for them. Each year, Medicare plan costs and coverage typically change. In addition, your health-care needs may have changed over the past year. The Open Enrollment Period — which began October 15 […]
What the election means for your portfolio
While elections are important to any functioning democracy, to investment professionals, elections are primarily significant due to their effect on portfolios. In particular, investors must understand – and anticipate – the correlation between the outcomes of the election and the markets, if any. Red, Blue or Purple – Does It Matter Who Wins? It is […]
FAQs: The Free Application for Federal Student Aid
The FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) for the 2021-2022 year opened on October 1, 2020. The FAFSA is a prerequisite for federal student loans, grants, and work-study. In addition, colleges typically require the FAFSA before distributing their own need-based aid and, in some cases, merit-based aid. Students must submit the FAFSA every year […]
Don’t be a victim of cybercrime
These days, most everyone pays attention to the increasingly growing tech sector, which comprises approximately 27 percent of the widely tracked S&P 500 index. As the technology sector continually crops up in the news, it serves as a reminder of the speed at which technology infuses our lives, saturating our daily routines with regular video […]
Weekly Market Recap – October 26, 2020
On the passing of Sheikh Dr. Abdulsattar Abughuddah
Truly, we belong to God and to Him we shall return. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) reportedly said that Allah does not take away knowledge by removing it from the hearts of people, but rather, He takes it away through the death of scholars. Last week, the world lost an ocean of knowledge. […]