Personal Finance & Planning

Perspectives on financial planning and investments from Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.

Tax Strategies

Personal Finance & Planning

Save on Taxes: Know Your Cost Basis

What is your cost basis? Whether you’re a newbie or seasoned investor, determining your tax cost basis can help you save on taxes. Here’s how.
Personal Finance & Planning

Behavioral finance

Don’t Look Back: How to Avoid the Sunk Cost Fallacy

The desire to get your money’s worth can lead you in some potentially harmful directions.
Personal Finance & Planning

Onward

10 Tips for Keeping Your Accounts Secure

How to stay ahead of the cybersecurity curve and combat increasingly sophisticated scams.
Personal Finance & Planning

7 Good Ideas for New Investors

There are many roads to financial well-being. Every person’s path will be different, but those who enjoy uncommon success share some common ideas.
Personal Finance & Planning

Tracking Down a Lost 401(k)

How to locate missing retirement funds.
Tax Strategies

Personal Finance & Planning

IRA Taxes: Rules to Know & Understand

IRAs may offer tax benefits, but breaking the rules can have severe consequences for your savings. Here’s how to avoid some common IRA tax pitfalls.
Personal Finance & Planning

4 Common Trust Mistakes

A well-designed trust can help ensure your assets transfer to your heirs as efficiently and effectively as possible.
Personal Finance & Planning

We Asked Our Experts: Do You Need a Trust?

Wills may not make sense for all estate planning needs. Find out when you might want to consider a trust.
Tax Strategies

Personal Finance & Planning

Investment Expenses: What’s Tax Deductible?

The IRS allows taxpayers various tax deductions for investment-related expenses if those expenses are related to producing taxable investment income. Do your expenses qualify?
Tax Strategies

Personal Finance & Planning

How to Cut Your Tax Bill With Tax-Loss Harvesting

Tax-loss harvesting—offsetting capital gains with capital losses—can lower your tax bill and better position your portfolio going forward.
Personal Finance & Planning

5 Ways Financial Planning Can Help

Here are five ways having a financial plan can help you.
Personal Finance & Planning

Sharing the Wealth: How Lifetime Gift Tax Exemption Works

It may benefit your loved ones—and your own financial plan—to give more while you’re still living. Here’s what you need to know about the gift tax and estate tax exemptions.
Personal Finance & Planning

Estate Planning for People With No Heirs

What to do with your estate when its inheritor isn’t obvious.
Personal Finance & Planning

3 Ways to Invest in a Family Member’s Business

Helping a family member finance a new business is a generous gesture. Here’s how to decide whether the funds should be treated as a gift, a loan, or an investment.
Personal Finance & Planning

Own a 529 for a Grandchild? Read the Fine Print

Know the rules for paying for college with a nonparent-owned 529 account if you’re considering funding a grandchild’s education.
Personal Finance & Planning

Working From Home? Beware These Tax Issues

Working from home could present tax challenges for some workers—and business owners.
Personal Finance & Planning

Changing Jobs

Life & Work

Changing Jobs: Should You Roll Over Your 401(k)?

Consider these five strategies for handling an old 401(k).

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