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Guide to Employee Equity Compensation
Guide Sections What Is Employee Equity Compensation? Employee Compensation Restrictions Main Types of Employee Equity Compensation Stock Options Restricted Stock Employee Stock Purchase Plans (ESPPs) Recommended Exercising & Selling Strategies Employee...
Guide to Saving for a Child’s Education
Guide Sections Introduction Financing Options – 529 Plans Other Financing Options Education Tax Credits Saving for Retirement & Education There’s no doubt about it – education can be expensive. The cost of college tuition has risen over the past...
Financial Considerations for New Parents
The British Royal Family welcomed a Prince this week, and on Tuesday new parents Kate and William brought him home to Kensington Palace. While most young families won’t experience throngs of reporters, locals and tourists waiting outside the hospital or at...
Organize Your Expenses with Categories
Keeping track of numerous transactions across multiple accounts can be a difficult task. But with your Personal Capital Dashboard, it’s easy to organize your cash flow and expenses. Here’s how, in three easy steps. Sign In. When you sign in to...
Don’t Get Spooked by Rising Interest Rates
When describing the economic outlook before the Joint Economic Committee on May 22, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke hinted that the Fed might take initial steps towards reducing its bond purchase program at one of its “next few meetings”. This means...
Introducing New Dashboard Features
Personal Capital recently implemented some new features on our Web-based Dashboard in effort to provide users with a more interactive and complete financial picture. We first reconstructed Cash Flow to more clearly display spending and income by category and...
How to Make the Best of a Layoff
Social media, blogs, tech news outlets, Reddit and more were overloaded by the news of gaming software giant Zynga’s layoffs this week. 520 “Zyngites” are now unemployed. In the fast-growing startup world, no job is guaranteed. But there are some very...
Personal Capital Raises $25 Million Financing
Personal Capital, the nation’s first digital wealth management firm, just closed its $25 million Series C financing. “We’ve doubled users, clients and assets since the first of the year, and this fresh capital will be used to supercharge our growth,” said...
Fees & Your Investments: What you Need to Know
Whether your investment portfolio consists of a 401k or multiple brokerage and retirement accounts, it’s important to note that no two investment vehicles are alike – and that fees associated with your investments can dramatically lower returns. Here, an...
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