Appreciate Finance Blog
New challenges for people wishing to buy life insurance
The application process for insurance can be considerably delayed by the current pandemic. Many new factors are being considered such as your travel plans in the future or the past, your potential exposure to COVID 19, and whether you are ready to submit to a medical...
Security Focus: Keep it covered up!
Why should you be concerned about your laptop webcam and think about covering it up? Here are a couple of articles that could be helpful as well as a YouTube hack for making a camera cover. Here is an article about why you should use a webcam cover. This Forbes...
Overseas business? Read on…
Do you own more than 10% of an overseas business? Last Chance to File the BE-10 for year 2019. If you are a US person and own more than 10% of an overseas business , you must file the BE-10 this year. It is due May 29th, however, you can get an extension if you...
Don’t touch your face and don’t touch your stocks
Don’t touch your face, and don’t touch your stocks–that advice went viral in the past few weeks, and it goes for retirement savings, too. Like so many of you, I am trying to do everything imaginable right now to support the health of medically fragile family and...
Retirement Advisor: When is enough enough
I enjoyed this podcast about when enough is enough. The current pandemic illustrates how risky life can be and how things can come out of nowhere that we have no way of predicting. Gil explains how the impact of this moment in history could be likened to someone...
Warren Buffet addresses Berkshire shareholders
Warren Buffet recently addressed Berkshire shareholders as the financial world looked on, eager to hear the words of the oracle. The highlights of his talk, are entertaining and worth a read. He responds to a question Bill Murray asks about income inequality with an...
Mothers’ Day Lessons for return on investment
For Mother's day, let's consider what mom may have done for our investing skills. Take a listen to this podcast with a suggestion for a meaningful Mother’s Day gift, based on a calculation of our mothers’ own return on investment.
Keep your Zoom chats private and secure
What’s a zoombomb? It’s basically the modern version of a party-crasher. Imagine that you’re giving a class, having a meeting or, whatever other thing it is you do on zoom, and all of a sudden someone (who you didn’t invite) starts drawing phallic symbols all over...
Getting help during the Coronavirus Crisis
The New York Times is offering a "hub for help" with your money during Coronavirus crisis. This online guide will help connect you to the basic information you’ll need to get through this, including government benefits, free services and financial strategies. Click...