Financial Planning

The Texas Society of CPAs has issued some tips for self-employed business owners for funding their retirements.

A new study from Fidelity Investments found that 401(k) investors who pulled out of the equities market during the 2008-2009 economic downturn experienced only 2 percent growth, while those who maintained their investment strategy eventually saw growth of 50 percent by the second quarter of this year.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board have updated the computer-readable tags for their accounting standards and exposed them for public comment.

SEC ADOPTS 'LARGE TRADER' REPORTING RULE

The family office was frequently a separate entity, with employees ranging from a chief executive or chief financial officer, to a staff of bookkeepers and personal assistants who could do everything from monthly financial statements to booking travel and personal-care appointments.

IMGCAP(1)][IMGCAP(2)]In the last month, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has dropped by more than 10 percent, and that significant change has investors and market participants on edge, concerned with what stock market volatility will do next and what repercussions it will have on the economy more generally.

Registered investment advisory-focused consulting firm RIA In A Box has introduced a bookkeeping service.

IMGCAP(1)]The SEC's proposed changes to broker-dealer financial reporting regulations could have a major impact on auditing firms that service broker-dealers.

IMGCAP(1)]Limited capital is a reality of business.

IMGCAP(1)]If there ever were a “good year to die,” that would have been 2010.