Money Talks - March 3, 2018

Published: March 6, 2018, 2:22 p.m.

This week on "Money Talks," Troy Harmon, CFA, CVA, is joined by Managing Associates, Shawna Theriault, C.P.A., CFP®, CDFA®, and K.C. Smith, CFP®, to discuss a slew of housing news, including New-Home Sales, the S+P CoreLogic Case-Shiller home price index and mortgage applications. They also look at the consumer confidence reading for February and the second estimate of fourth quarter GDP. Shawna and K.C. discuss how the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will affect the tax treatment of alimony payments for divorce and separation agreements executed after Dec. 31, 2018. The experts round out the show answering listeners’ questions on maxing out 401(k) contributions to shield income from taxes, Vanguard index funds and real estate funds, tech stocks Nvidia and Intel Corp., and the timing of required minimum distributions.