During World War 2 there was growing concern that America’s enemies (namely Japan) would attack North America through Alaska. Coastal Alaska is a long way from the mainland United States and moving troops and equipment efficiently to Alaska just wasn’t possible. A plan was developed to build a highway connecting Dawson Creek, …
Interest rates for the last several years have been at historic lows, and will likely remain relatively low for the foreseeable future. This environment of low interest rates have led many people to become serial refinancers. Refinancing provides a proportional savings to the loan amount, with closing costs not varying …
Today, I stand in defense of the penny, for several years I have been reading articles like this one that state the penny is a dead-weight loss on the economy. Penny production and now even nickel production cost more that the face value of these respective coins. Most of these …
As long as you have an IRA or HSA that was established in the previous tax year you can make contributions for that tax year up until April 15th, tax day, of the following year. But what if you’ve already filed your taxes and want to make a contribution to …