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Not educating yourself about which investments may be able to help you pursue your financial goals and how to approach the investing process is a mistake for any saver. Read on to find out how knowledge about your investments creates financial independence.
In 1984, college acceptance notifications came in the mail. June Gardener found a thick envelope in her mailbox—a good sign. She opened it and could see the line, “Welcome to New York University!”
You’ve likely seen the headlines about the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB) signed into law on July 4, 2025. It’s a sweeping piece of legislation that expands many of the 2017 tax cuts. It also introduces new rules that may affect your income tax, estate tax, and investment planning for years to come.
An annuity, in its simplest form, is a contract between the purchaser (or owner) and an insurance company (the issuer). The owner pays money to the issuer, and the issuer pays back that principal plus earnings to either the owner or the owner’s named beneficiary later in life.
Social Security is funded through payroll taxes, known as the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA). While working, you contribute a portion of your earnings (7.65 percent) up to the taxable wage base and your employer also contributes (7.65 percent). The taxable wage base is the maximum amount of income subject to Social Security taxes.
On April 2, President Trump’s administration implemented new tariff policies that could reshape the world economy. On April 3, stock markets across the world reacted. In this article, learn how to navigate market turbulence and how CAPTRUST at Work can help.
High achievers tend to have a hard time making the jump to retirement. Here, learn how to decide when is the right time to stop working.
At CAPTRUST, one of our fundamental portfolio management principles is that we do not predict; we prepare. To help us understand the range of possible futures we need to prepare for, we use four levels of analysis: the range of possibilities, probabilities, market expectations, and sources of uncertainty.