TODAY'S HEADLINES
Monday, February 6, 2012
Your Money
Mike Kapsch
Before Facebook filed for its IPO, it was trading on secondary markets. And you, too, can get in on that action. But you'll need a lot of cash on hand.
Frank Armstrong, III, CFP®, AIFA®
Whether you work in a solo or group practice, you can turbo charge your retirement with a cash balance plan on top of your existing 401(k) plan.
Keli Rising
After considering cost of living, property taxes, income taxes, climate, and fiscal health, TopRetirements.com released its list outlining the 10 worst states for retirees to live in 2012.
Laura Joszt
The public can finally see the company's income, revenue and expenses. Also, CEO Mark Zuckerberg included a letter likening the culture at Facebook and management to hacker culture.
Your Practice
Laura Joszt
With less time to manage both their practices and the finances many physicians have poor or no financial plans, which can erode their wealth before they even retire.
Laura Joszt
Every year thousands of physicians are victims of medical identity theft, and for a third of those cases it takes more than a year before the thefts are actually discovered.
Laura Joszt
Even if they don't work as well, by switching to the generic equivalent of drugs as soon as they're available, prescribers in the U.S. saved the health care system and consumers more than $900 billion.
Michael Fitzhugh
New website and free app from Kaiser Permanente put a patient's lab results and prescription refill requests on mobile phones.
Eric Anderson, MD, and Nancy Anderson, RN
Sometimes it's easier to admire the records of athletes when it's a sport the spectators can more readily play, such as tennis, golf and swimming.