The ImpactFI Blog

Whether you’re at a pre-IPO start-up, a growing public company, or a blue chip that just developed a life-saving vaccine, stock options can provide a boost to your current and long-term wealth.

The impact of bank failures is going to take a while to be fully felt in the economy. The pullback in lending is likely already underway as banks trim balance sheets in anticipation of either new regulations or a further weakening economy. What does this mean for the Fed?

With Financial Literacy Month upon us, it's time to review some basic financial concepts. Here are some tips to help you become more financially confident.

If you own company stock, the initial public offering (IPO) is the chance to monetize all your hard work. But understanding what to do with your stock, how to maximize benefits and minimize taxes, and how to turn a windfall into lasting wealth are a whole new level of complexity to be managed.

While the fallout from bank failures will take a while to unravel, and the impact on markets will likely be ongoing, the bigger picture wraps right back to the Federal Reserve. But first, a little recent history lesson.

The recent bank failures have led to a lot of buzz online pertaining to the safety of your bank deposits and FDIC coverage. Beneficiary designations can potentially increase the amount of FDIC coverage on your bank accounts.

Have you ever wondered how to apply March Madness to your financial well-being? There may be parallels between your bracket selection and investing.

Markets appear to have finally started taking Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's warnings seriously and caught up to the rhetoric that the Fed has been consistently pushing out. Rates will be higher for longer, yields went up, bond prices fell, and equity markets finally acknowledged that the pivot was nowhere in sight. What does this mean for the economy?

Getting stuck with an unexpected tax bill can be stressful and unsettling. Here are six ways to reduce your tax bill to a more manageable size.

Whether you're taking a DIY approach to filing your taxes this year or working with a professional, here are 5 filing tips to help make things a little easier.

The market adage is “as January goes, so goes the year.” Is it true? According to an analysis by Fidelity, January returns are positive about 75% of the time the full year turns out positive. But the data continues to be open to interpretation.

Employee stock options have increasingly become a piece of total compensation over the last few years, particularly for people employed in high-growth industries such as technology-related sectors. But what happens if a slowing growth picture results in your firm downsizing?

While the equity markets, as measured by the S&P 500 index, was up in the third quarter, December was a disappointment from the gains seen in October and November. Inflation is dropping, if slowly. Employment is lower, but strong, which is supportive of the economy, and GDP returned to positive. What’s causing the volatility?

We’re on the home stretch of a year in which “unprecedented” doesn’t even begin to capture it. Nothing went according to plan, for anyone, from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to the Fed’s domestic attempts to combat inflation.

Economic data showed some movements in the right directions, both up and down. The Federal Reserve responded by talking about letting the economy catch up to the rate increases already enacted. Does that mean that the path forward will be smoother and potentially skirt a recession?