Author Archives: Evan

Evan is a married 30 Year Old Attorney from New York. He works as a Director in a Financial Planning Firm working Planners who devote their time planning for High Net Worth individuals. Since there is no professional relationship between the reader and Evan, NOTHING on this site should be construed as Legal or Financial Advice.

Carnival of Personal Finance #170

My Article comparing the CDs vs. High yield savings account found (here) was chosen to be apart of the Carnival of Personal Finance #170 found (here).  The Personal Financier went above and beyond highlighting way over 40 or so blog entries for this Carnival.  Here are a few that, in my humble opinion are a…

Inflatable Union Rat – Why?!

Union Rat

Maybe this post is personal finance, maybe it is not…but since it is my blog I can rant if I want to.  For the past 4 or 5 months on my way home from work I pass a construction site with a HUGE inflatable rat.  Everyday there are 3 to 4 guys who sit next…

The Certificate of Deposit Debate Rages on!

While reading some of my favorite blogs, I came across a great blog, No Debt Plan (which I admittedly don’t think I have ever read before).  It turns out, Kevin, was struggling whether to purchase a  CD, a few days before, and his eventual decision was made subsequent to my post on the subject. I thought it would be…

Are Certificate of Deposits (CDs) worth it?

Certificates of Deposit

I can’t be the only one out there, but I can’t grasp why people would do invest/purchase a Certificate of Deposit (CD).  Specifically, I am focusing on the 1 year CD because anything shorter has terrible yields and anything longer poses too much of an interest rate risk for my tastes.  I started thinking about…

Simple Explanation of the Federal Estate Tax

Napkin Math Uploaded by Zehran on Flickr

On a daily basis I have to turn complicated tax issues into a simple discussion.  A discussion that I have to discuss/teach very often is the Federal Estate Tax.  Before we discuss the easy way to determine your Federal Estate Tax bill some caveats: The calculations below are commonly referred to as “Napkin Math.”  Meaning,…

Capital Gains Exclusion for Sale of Primary Residence

main residence

I think everyone is somewhat familiar with the idea that when they sell their primary residence (stock in a co-operative housing corporation (co-op) can also receive an exclusion if you meet the tests) they do not have to pay all the capital gains, so like my other posts, I wanted to explain (in English) what and…