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Washington-Proof Your Tax Planning
Though no one can predict the ultimate outcome of political campaigns and debates or control exactly how such events will impact a portfolio, there are several proactive tax planning strategies you can leverage to help protect and grow the value of your wealth.
Are Taxes Lowering Your Investment Returns?
When it comes to your investments, it is after-tax returns that really count. Follow these guidelines to boost your post-tax results and investment returns.
Impact of the 2020 Election and End-of-Year Taxes
The 2020 presidential election is a big one for many reasons, including economic and tax changes. Here's how election results may impact year of end taxes.
6 Tax Moves to Make Before the End of the Year
The end of the year is fast approaching, which means for taxpayers wanting to minimize their bill, there are some key moves that should be made now. While some of these tasks are applicable every year, the Tax Cuts and Job Act passed in 2017 spurred additional changes that could heavily affect what you owe.
Go Digital to Ease Tax Planning Stress
Long gone are the days of cluttered file cabinets and stacks of paper. Go digital with these tips to ease your tax planning stress.
Powerful Strategies for Charitable Giving After Tax Reform
The non-tax benefits of charitable giving should be, and often are, important to motivating and planning donations.
3 Ways to Make the Most out of Your Charitable Giving
Use these tips to make the most of your charitable giving and maximize your tax benefits.
How COVID-19 Impacts Financial Planning
From estate planning to managing finances and adjusting investments, Fifth Third Bank addresses how COVID-19 impacts financial planning strategies.
Your Year-End Tax Planning Guide
This guide is here to help make sure you aren't missing any critical tax moves that should be on your list for the end of the year.
Choosing Beneficiaries to Maximize Assets (and Minimize Taxes)
Understanding the tax and legal consequences surrounding beneficiary designations is imperative. Keep these points in mind when choosing your beneficiaries.
Individual Investor 2018 Tax Planning
To help you sort through the relevant details and prepare, this primer covers some of the key provisional changes and planning issues as we head into our first tax season under the new law.
7 Powerful Tax-Reduction Strategies
There are 3 principles of tax-reduction: reduce taxable income, increase deductions & use tax credits. Use these tips to reduce your potential tax liability
Make Taxes a Year-Round Investment Priority
Monitor your taxes year-round to reduce your tax liability. Consider these tax issues when planning investment strategies.
How to Reduce Taxes in Retirement
How can you reduce taxes to save money in retirement? From setting budgets to lowering everyday expenses, here's how to reduce taxes in retirement.
Benefits of a Health Savings Account
Investing in a personal savings account has many benefits. Major life events, such as paying for college tuition or retirement, are probably at the top of your list of reasons to save. Due to the rising costs and uncertainty of American health-care, you may want to think about opening a Health Savings Account.
It's Time for a Personal Insurance Check-Up
If you're like most people, you buy insurance—home, auto—and then rarely look at it again. But as time goes on, things change, your needs evolve, and it's important to make sure you have not only enough coverage, but the right coverage.
Why You Need Life Insurance Even If You Have Homeowner's Insurance
Curious about the differences (and importance) of life insurance vs. homeowner's insurance? Both are important, and here's why you should seek coverage.
Choosing a Life Insurance Policy to Meet Your Needs
Any good wealth management plan involves the periodic evaluation of your financial goals and objectives—and a well-designed approach to help achieve them.
What is Disability Insurance and Why You May Need It
If you aren't able to work due to sickness or injury, disability insurance can help protect your income. Learn more about disability insurance options.
6 Life Insurance Myths Debunked
Most of us would do anything to protect the health, safety, and security of our loved ones. Having a life insurance policy in place can help you prepare for the unexpected and provide peace of mind. The topic of life insurance is often met with confusion and misinformation. Read on for six of the most common misconceptions people have about life insurance.
Long-Term Care Insurance: Solution for Shielding Assets
Have you thought about the cost of long-term care insurance? Learn more about long-term healthcare insurance coverage and facts with Fifth Third Bank.
Using Life Insurance as a Financial Planning Tool
Life insurance is a key financial planning tool that is often overlooked. Here are points to understand why you need life insurance when planning finances.
Everything You Need to Know About Insurance
Insurance is one of the most common, versatile, and misunderstood constellations of products out there in the greater financial planning universe. A good, reputable policy can help you mitigate many different types of risk for you and your loved ones.
The Importance of Personal Umbrella Policies
A component of a solid asset protection plan – which sadly is too often overlooked – is the umbrella policy. In fact, for some people, the proper umbrella policy is all they really need.
How to Protect Assets with Liability Insurance
What does risk management include? For many, it encompasses market losses and managing risks. Learn how liability insurance can protect you even more.
5 Times You Need to Review Your Life Insurance Coverage
Life is full of uncertainty. And the more you have to protect — a home, family, business, retirement security — the greater financial risks you face. Having a solid life insurance strategy can help you prepare for the unexpected. Here are five times you should review your life insurance.
Maintain Good Health and Low Insurance Premiums
Did you know that people who are physically active and maintain good health may qualify for lower insurance premiums? Read more about life insurance today.
Do You Need Permanent Life Insurance?
Term life insurance is an easy and affordable way to get life insurance coverage, but does permanent life insurance have more benefits? Read more today.
Smart Estate Planning with a Life Insurance Trust
Life insurance can be a key component of an effective estate plan. It can provide the funds necessary to pay a variety of estate and family expenses following the death of a wage earner.
Understanding the Main Types of Trusts
Trusts are estate-planning tools, and like other estate-planning structures (like foundations or life insurance), a trust's structure will determine how assets are controlled, whether they're protected from future creditors' claims, and how they're taxed.
Choosing Beneficiaries Wisely, with Taxes in Mind
Tax implications may vary depending on your relationship to a beneficiary and the type of asset. Understanding the consequences is critical for estate planning.
3 Tax Responsibilities Every Executor Should Know About
Between estate tax, estate income tax and personal income tax, executors have many federal and state tax responsibilities. Learn about executors' tax duties.
Why You Need a Succession Plan for Your Business
Creating a succession plan is a vital part of ensuring the survival of your business when you retire. Find out what to include in your business success plan
Should You Include Alternative Assets in Your Portfolio?
An important question for people as they manage their investment portfolios is whether they want to include alternative assets. And if they do, which alternatives are appropriate, and how do investors go about acquiring them?
Inheritance Disputes: How to Avoid and Resolve Estate Conflicts
Distributing assets to beneficiaries can be a difficult process. Here are some of the most common inheritance disputes, with tips to resolve them.
5 Financial Conversations to Have with Your Spouse
Financial unknowns can set the stage for marital strife. To ensure you and your better half are on the same page about finances, use these tips to start the conversation.
Protecting Your Wealth from Health Care Costs
When planning for retirement, you should save as much as possible, and account for what will likely be the biggest expense of your retirement – health care.
The 5 Stages of Succession Planning
From an outright sale to employee buyouts, there are many ways to transition ownership of a company. Read more on stages of succesion planning to prepare.
Setting a Strategic Inheritance Plan
Estate planning isn't the easiest conversation. As you create your inheritance plan, consider these factors to help influence your inheritance strategy.
What is a Power of Attorney and Why Should You Consider It?
A Power of Attorney allows you to appoint a person to manage your affairs if you become unable to do so. Learn about the different types of POAs and implications for the level of control the attorney-in-fact will have.
10 Signs it is Time to Review Your Estate Plan
Reviewing your estate plan ensures your plan stays up to date. Consider revisiting your estate plan with your attorney and financial advisor after the following events.
The Impact of AI On Wealth Management
AI is already involved in passive investing—that is, investments which are bought and sold according to a predetermined set of rules. Index funds frequently run this way. While once simpler, the rules for these investments are now becoming more complex.
Including Friends & Extended Family in Your Estate Plan
With careful estate planning you can leave a lasting legacy for those beyond your legally recognized immediate family.
Inheritance 101
You received an inheritance. Now what? In addition to figuring out how to manage your inheritance responsibly, it may have tax implications. Learn more about what to do if you receive an inheritance.
A Checklist on How to Write a Will and What to Include
Most people understand the need for a Will, but don't have one. They may be unsure where to begin or what to include. Use this checklist to get started.
Estate Planning with a Non-Citizen Spouse
There are unique estate planning considerations if you or your spouse is not a citizen of the United States. Residency status affects your or your spouse's estate tax liability as well as your marital deduction.
Including Pets in Your Estate Plan
If you own a pet, you likely consider your furry companion as part of the family. When drafting your estate plan, consider these options to ensure the care of your pet.
Inheriting an IRA
After inheriting an IRA, you may have questions about IRS rules regarding making withdrawals. Age, IRA type and your relationship to the IRA owner influence distribution rules.
Filing Tax Returns: What Executors Need to Know
If you are the executor of an estate, you need to file separate tax returns on behalf of the deceased and the estate. Learn the different taxes executors must pay on behalf of the estate and when to file these taxes.
How To (Fairly) Divide Your Estate Among Multiple Heirs
Whether spurred by age, circumstances, or on occasion, guilt, estate planning is a necessary life step. But there are circumstances when "equal" does not make the most sense given each family's unique dynamic.
Who Should You Include in Your Trusted Contacts?
The decisions you make in the estate planning and estate settlement process have far-reaching consequences. It is critical you build a team of advisors or "Trusted Contacts" to support you along your journey.
Understanding Inheritance and Estate Taxes
If you inherit an estate from a loved one, it's important to understand how taxes may affect these assets. Learn the difference between estate tax and inheritance tax and their potential tax liabilities.
Choosing the Right Executor for Your Estate
Your estate's executor will have many responsibilities. Selecting the right person helps ensure assets will be distributed per you wishes and all debts paid.
How to Distribute Family Heirlooms
From pieces of art to antique jewelry, here are tips on how to distribute family heirlooms after death. Learn more about estate planning with Fifth Third.
What to Do if You Think a Loved One is Not of Sound Mind
A person's mental capacity may naturally diminish over time. Here are some considerations for what you can do when you think a loved one is not of sound mind.
Living Trust vs. Last Will & Testament
Most people are familiar with a Last Will and Testament, but there is another, lesser known estate planning tool you have in your arsenal – the living trust.
How to Plan a Business Exit Strategy
If you're in the early stages of planning to exit your business, it's important to understand what a business exit strategy is and how to create one.
Beginner Estate Planning for Millennials
Being wealthy is not a requirement for creating an estate plan. Neither is being old, retired, having a family or owning a lot of assets. If you are a Millennial, and you haven't started estate planning, here's how to get started.
Will I Have to Pay Taxes on My Inheritance?
The tax implications for an inheritance vary depending on the state of residence, size of the estate and type of asset received. Learn more about potential inheritance taxes.
Wealth and Estate Planning for Blended Families
Blended families create unique estate planning needs. Consider the following tips to minimize snags and maintain family harmony.
What Is Estate Planning?
Estate planning is the process of preparing for end-of-life issues, planning for what will happen after your death, and taking control over your legacy. Estate planning is about much more than simply creating a will.
Inheritance Investment Tips
With the right inheritance investment strategy, you can put your inheritance to good use in the short-term and plan ahead for the long-term.
Funeral Planning Guide: Planning Ahead for Your Funeral or Memorial Service
After losing a loved one, the family must make funeral arrangements. Taking the time to write out your funeral wishes in advance saves your loved ones a great deal of stress. Use this guide to outline your funeral arrangement preferences.
2018 Year-End Estate Planning: Double the Tax Benefits, but With an Expiration Date
Over the past year, the opportunity provided by TCJA to transfer an unprecedented amount of wealth free of any federal gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer (GST) taxes has been brought into sharper focus.
Why Everyone Needs an Estate Plan
A will spells out how you want your assets distributed after your death, and it names an executor to handle these transfers.
Estate Planning for Surviving Spouses: What to Do ASAP
After the death of a spouse, most of the attention for legal services is paid to administering the estate of the decedent. Often times, little time is spent focusing on the legal needs of the surviving spouse.
Discussing Your Estate Plan with Your Family
Discussing your estate plan with family and other beneficiaries can help prevent future family feuds. Use these tips to handle sensitive conversations with beneficiaries.
Five Documents Essential to Your Estate Plan
Creating an estate plan is an important task, but can be complicated. Keep these five documents ready to stay prepared in the case of an unknown scenario.
5 Strategies to Build (and Preserve) Your Wealth
Financial plans can quickly become obsolete if you don't review it with your financial advisor. Use these strategies to build and preserve your wealth.
What is a Special Needs Trust?
A special needs trust is an estate planning tool to benefit a person with a physical or mental disability, particularly if they receive government benefits.
Passing IRAs to Heirs
IRAs can be left to spouses, children or other heirs upon your death. These accounts are often a significant part of your net worth, so it's important to know the rules surrounding passing your IRA on to your heirs so that you can plan accordingly.
How To Transfer Heirloom Real Estate
Some assets require special estate planning strategies and a lot of thought. One such asset is what I sometimes call heirloom real estate, or family real estate.
Estate Planning 101: Estate Planning Checklist
Understanding the basic concepts and vocabulary of estate planning can help you produce an estate plan ensuring your wishes are known and followed.
Challenges in Leaving Inheritance to Children
Deciding whether to leave an inheritance for your children impacts the amount you save, the retirement plans you choose and how you take qualified retirement plan distributions.
Estate Planning During Retirement
Retirement is a time to get your financial affairs in order – as well as preparing for the years ahead and the legacy you want to leave behind.
Should You Give Your Kids an Early Inheritance?
The "living inheritance" is a growing trend in estate planning, particularly among baby boomers. Consider the following before giving your kids an early inheritance.
5 Things to Do Before Meeting with a Financial Advisor
A financial advisor is a valuable member of your estate planning team. Follow these tips to prepare your thoughts, documents and priorities for that meeting.
Incorporating Charitable Giving into Your Estate Plan
Besides the intrinsic rewards, charitable giving may have significant tax benefits, as contributions may be deductible from income and estate taxes. Learn more.
What to Do if You Inherit the Family Business
The family business is now your business, and choices you make in coming months will chart the course for its success. Here are some important first steps to take.
The Basics of Wealth Planning
Wealth management is an investment service that can help you plan for retirement. Here are the basics of wealth planning and how to plan for your future.
How To Avoid One Of The Most Common Estate Planning Mistakes
There's a mistake families at every level of wealth often make when they go through their estate planning process, and decide how to allocate money to their heirs and to charity.
Handling Your Inheritance Responsibly
If you recently received an inheritance, how can you keep from spending it quickly and recklessly? Use these tips to handle your inheritance responsibly.
10 Tips for Sorting & Cleaning Out a Loved One's Belongings
After losing a loved one, cleaning out their home may feel too overwhelming. Try these tips to make the emotionally and physically challenging process smoother.
Family Wealth Planning: Three Actions to Take Now to Prevent Family Fights
Most parents hope that their children will maintain a good relationship with each other that stretches beyond their own hopefully long natural lives, but all too often disagreements—and sometimes even litigation—arise out of differing expectations for how a parent's estate will be handled.
Breaking Down the Cost of Estate Plans
Most people want to preserve their wealth and transfer it to the next generation while avoiding tax liability as much as possible. Accomplishing that requires careful estate planning.
5 Conversations Estate Owners Should Have with Their Executor
Being an executor comes with a lot of challenges. As the estate owner, you can make the executor's job easier by addressing estate planning items ahead of time.
14 Questions to Consider When Creating Your Estate Plan
Following the steps in this estate planning checklist, anyone may be able to minimize gift and estate taxes and preserve assets for inheritors.
What is a Contingent Beneficiary and Why Do You Need One?
Naming a primary beneficiary makes it clear who is first in line to receive their assets when they die. But what happens if the primary beneficiaries die before the person with the assets, or are unable to be located or refuse to take possession of the assets at the time they are to be transferred?
How to Start Retirement Conversations with Family
If you're a business owner ready for retirement, ensure your retirement planning strategies are supported by family. Here's how to start the conversation.
Vacation Real Estate: More Than a Getaway Destination
There are many benefits of vacation property homes. Read about these real estate investments, housing market, and potential returns with Fifth Third Bank.
Decades of Opportunity: How minorities are a catalyst for the largest wealth transfer in history
We are in the midst of the largest minority and multicultural wealth transfer ever. There have been many catalysts for change in the past several decades that have driven this shift. But one stands out as perhaps the most significant—a different type of decision from several decades ago.
Beyond Your First Marriage, a QTIP Can Protect Your Current Spouse And Your Children
Careful estate planning not only is critical, but extremely considerate, as it can avoid future heartache and lawsuits. An estate vehicle that should be considered is a Qualified Terminable Interest Property trust (QTIP).
How to Talk to Adult Children About Estate Planning
From inheritance planning to finalizing your will, Fifth Third Bank offers tips on how to discuss your estate plan with adult children and loved ones.
Building a Legacy: Setting Up Family Foundations
Family foundations are a great way to mix passion and philanthropy in a multigenerational legacy. Here are the basics of creating a family foundation.
Coping with Grief and the Loss of a Loved One
When a loved one passes away, even the simplest tasks feel overwhelming. But grief does lessen with time. Try these steps which may help in coping with grief.
Should You Have a Trust for Your Estate Plan?
Trusts are a crucial part of estate planning, especially for people with substantial assets.
Estate Planning Strategies for Blended Families
What does the "yours, mine, and ours" of combining assets and estate planning look like in today's diverse makeup of marriages and blended families?
What Happens if There is No Will?
Without a will, the court will be responsible for naming the executor, distribution of assets to heirs and naming a guardian for any minor children.
6 Reasons Why You Need an Estate Plan
Everyone, regardless of family dynamics or financial status, can benefit from having an estate plan—a collection of documents that specify how you want your assets distributed.
How to Know When an Estate Needs a Professional Appraisal
As an executor, you may have to get assets appraised. Here are some tips for knowing when you need an appraisal, how to find the right appraiser and what to expect.
Where Should I Keep My Will?
Where should you store your Last Will and Testament and estate planning documents? Here are some common storage locations for estate planning documents.
How to Avoid a Contested Will
While you cannot guarantee your estate will be settled dispute-free, there are steps you can take to avoid a will contest.
Tips for Finding Lost or Missing Estate Planning Documents
If you can't find documents from your loved one's estate plan, a stressful time becomes even more challenging. Use these tips to find lost or missing estate plan documents.
Estate Planning for Military Families & Veterans
Whether you are active duty or a veteran, having your estate plan in order provides peace of mind knowing your loved ones will be cared for should something happen to you.
Death and Finances: What to Know When a Loved One Dies
Dealing with the death of a loved one can be difficult enough without the additional responsibility of settling the deceased's estate. Here are some other important factors to keep in mind.
How to Include Charities in Your Will to Leave a Legacy
Most people want to use their estates to help change the world. When asked about giving during the estate planning process, people give up to six times more if they're reminded to think about it.
Charity in the New Estate Tax Environment: How to Save Tax Deductions
The 2017 Tax Act doubled the estate tax exemption and basically eliminated the tax benefits for charitable bequests for most donors. But creative planning can both help charities and preserve tax deductions for many.
Revising Your Estate Plan After Divorce
Neglecting to revise your estate plan after a divorce can have financial consequences. Remember to revisit these three key elements of your estate plan.
Estate Financial Planning Has Nothing to Do With Your Wealth
Even those with few assets must attend to estate financial planning or else, your assets can get distributed to people you did not choose.
How Does Divorce Affect an Inheritance?
When most couples get married, they're only thinking about building a new life together, and don't consider what to do if things don't work out.
How to Turn Your Estate Plan Into a Legacy Plan
Your legacy plan needs to evolve as you evolve. The right process and legacy team will not only ensure your legacy plan evolves with you, but they will propel your evolution forward so that you can achieve your greatest legacy and success.
7 Ways to Build and Protect Wealth Over 50
Building wealth is important at any age, but as you approach retirement, it is increasingly vital. Consider these tips to help build wealth over age 50.
Adding an Explanatory Letter to Your Will
An explanatory letter gives you the opportunity to explain the reasoning behind your decisions, without affecting the legal validity of your will.
Estate Settlement 101: Guide to Being an Executor
Understand your responsibilities as an executor, and know which steps to take first with our executor checklist. We help make your executor duties easier.
Selling a Family-Owned Business: Financial & Emotional Considerations
If you are considering selling your business (or think you may be in the next few years), consider these tips to maximize the value of your business, ease the financial and professional transition, preserve positive family dynamics, and have a successful selling experience.
What is a Charitable Trust and Do I Need One?
Charitable trusts are financially savvy ways to support specific causes, give back, and create income opportunities. Here's an intro to charitable trusts.
Choosing a Legal Guardian for Your Minor Children
Preparing for what will happen to your young children if you die is emotionally challenging, yet important. Here are a few keys to look for in their guardian.
5 Tax-Deductible Expenses Every Executor Should Know
Executors must settle the estate's tax liability. Taking advantage of allowable deductions can reduce the estate tax burden.
Planning Your Legacy: What Do You Want to Leave Behind?
Estate planning is more than the objects you leave behind. Find out how to put together an estate plan that leaves behind a legacy.
5 Estate Planning Steps to Prevent Family Feuds
Family members sometimes fight over inheritance. Taking these five steps when preparing your estate plan could be the key to leaving behind a happy legacy.
Estate Planning Conversations to Have With Your Spouse
Finances don't top most couples' lists of favorite dinner topics, so use these tips to guide an effective estate planning conversation with your spouse.
Developing an Effective Legacy Action Plan
Proper estate planning is key to ensuring assets are distributed as you intend. These tips can help you prepare to successfully pass along your legacy.
Estate Planning for Singles
Estate planning is just as important for unmarried persons as it is for families – and singles have unique estate planning needs.
Estate Planning for New Parents
Young parents often think estate planning can be put off until they are older, but drafting your estate plan is just as important as putting together the crib.
When Should I Write My Will?
There is no universal "right time" to compose a will, but the following life events should provide motivation to write your first will or amend an existing will.
Asset Titling and Estate Planning: What You Need to Know
Understanding who owns assets is an important step in estate planning. Learn the difference between types of asset ownership and how asset titling impacts your estate plan.
Pass Your Portfolio Forward: 3 Estate Planning Tips
Though most people think of their stock portfolio as existing for their own benefit, one of the greatest benefits of investing is that you can acquire assets that will benefit your children or other family members down the line.
The Benefits of Preparing a Will Early
Preparing your will early can help assure that your estate is protected and that your wishes are carried out. Learn about the benefits of planning ahead.
Estate Planning and Administration after the Death of a Spouse
The first year after the death of a spouse requires a great deal of attention to the estate planning and settlement process.
Estate Planning for Parents of Special Needs Children
For parents of children with a disability, estate planning is particularly vital to ensuring the best possible future for your child after you're gone.
Probate and Estate Settlement: What You Need to Know
As an executor, you may have questions about what probate whether the estate must go through the probate process. Learn more about probate and what to expect.
Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples
Same-sex couples can now take advantage of estate planning rights automatically guaranteed to spouses. Here are five estate planning considerations for LGBT couples.
Types of Trusts Used for Estate Planning
Understand what a trust is, the different types of trusts, and how to incorporate them into your estate plan.
Why You Need to Keep Your Beneficiary Designations Up to Date
Reviewing beneficiary designations regularly, and after key life events, is vital to ensuring they continue to align with your estate planning goals.
How to Explain Your Executor Choice to Your Children
Effective estate planning requires making informed decisions, and usually some tough choices. Here are some tips on how to broach the subject of your executor choice.
Incorporating Digital Assets Into Your Estate Plan
Without addressing digital assets in your estate plan, your family may not be able to access them without going to court and may not even know they exist.
Real Estate Agents Answer: What's The Biggest Mistake That Buyers Make?
Navigating the real estate market can be tough. It's only natural that some people are going to make missteps.
3 Common Investing Mistakes to Avoid
Investing should be based on sound principles, but sometimes emotion overrules logic. Being aware of these financial pitfalls may help keep your investment strategy on track.
Same Lyrics, Different Tune
In 2019, we expect that it will be investors who have more to celebrate, while business owners struggle to contend with a slower global growth environment, higher compensation costs and other margin challenges, and the distractions of restructuring supply chain and talent acquisition pipelines.
6 Ways to Prepare Your Portfolio for a Down Market
Investing in the stock market involves risk and preparing for a bear market is crucial. Read Fifth Third Bank's 6 tips on how to prepare your portfolio.
Continued, Steady Growth for the Economy in 2020
Economists are expecting to see continued growth in 2020 for the economy, but at a steadier pace compared to 2019. Read more on 2020 economic outlooks.
5 Ways to Invest in Real Estate Without Buying Property
Looking for ways to invest in real estate without becoming a landlord? Here are 5 ways you can start investing in property without purchasing a home.
Choosing Safe Investments for Seniors
What are the safest investments for seniors? See which types of investment options are best for seniors and how to get started with Fifth Third Bank.
Why Staying Invested is a Smart Move During Market Volatility
Don't flee the market when uncertain times arise. Educate yourself on why staying invested is a smart move during market volatility with Fifth Third Bank.
How to Finance Your First Investment Property
Looking to purchase your first investment property? Here's what to know when it comes to understanding how to finance your first investment property.
The Best Strategies for Early-Stage Investing
Early-stage investing can come in different forms and there are many factors to consider with investing strategies. Learn more with Fifth Third Bank.
How Soon is the Next Recession?
It's no secret that the future of economics for business is unpredictable, and many wonder when the next recession will come. Learn more with Fifth Third.
The Psychology of Investing: How We Cope With Risk
Researchers have found investors have a tendency to psychologically exaggerate declines in the performance of an investment and to minimize gains. It's a phenomenon with a complex sounding name — "myopic loss aversion" — but one that makes a simple point: Psychology plays a role in our investment decisions. Understanding that role may help you stay on course toward your long-term financial objectives.
This Is How Much Money You Should Have in Stocks — at Every Age
If you want a secure retirement, you can't just save. You also need to make sure your investment portfolio keeps pace with inflation. For most Americans, that's going to mean investing in the stock market.
6 Common Portfolio Protection Strategies
The key to successful long-term investing is preserving capital. You should remain keenly aware of your portfolio and the losses you're willing to endure in an effort to increase your wealth.
Passive and Active Stock Market Strategies
Stocks typically post strong gains across the board during bull markets1. However, the volatile market conditions of recent years have prompted many investors to reconsider funds whose managers select securities based on specific factors, such as company fundamentals or industry outlook. These funds are also known as actively managed funds.
5 Ways to Stay Focused on Your Investments
Don't let news headlines negatively influence your investment decisions. Protect your money and stay focused with these 5 tips from Fifth Third Bank.
How Can the Election Outcome Influence Markets?
How can the election outcome influence markets? Here are some insights that support stock market performance and presidential election outcomes.
Asset Allocation and Diversification: You Can't Have One Without the Other
Many people often use the terms "asset allocation" and "diversification" interchangeably. These two terms, while often used in the same way, are distinctly different strategies. Understanding each and how the pair can work together may be the key to reducing risk and pursuing your long-term goals, even in today's challenging market environment.
Market Outlook: Late in the Game, But Not Game Over
While investors must remain vigilant, the consensus view may have swung too far toward the side of pessimism. Continued strength in the underlying economy could drive still higher returns for select U.S. equities.
U.S. Manufacturing is Actually on the Rise
U.S. manufacturing trends are expected to rise and stay that way in the near future. Here's an overview of current domestic and global manufacturing trends.
Understanding Negative Interest Rates
What are negative interest rates and how do they work? Here's what to know about a negative interest rate, how they impact bonds, and more with Fifth Third.
Infographic: Portfolio Evaluation Issues for High Net Worth Investors
Are you a high net worth investor? Learn why regular portfolio evaluations are especially important for your stocks and finances with Fifth Third Bank.
Strategies for Entrepreneurs: How to Diversify Outside of Your Business
There are many benefits of diversifying investments and business ventures as an entrepreneur. Here's how to expand your business portfolio and diversity.
Dollar-Cost Averaging: A Simple Investment Strategy
If a simple investment strategy interests you, consider dollar-cost averaging. In fact, if you participate in your employer's retirement savings plan, you may already use the dollar-cost averaging strategy without even realizing it. But you can also use this strategy when investing on your own. Dollar-cost averaging helps take the guesswork out of when to invest.
How to Invest in a Post-IPO Tech Company
Post-IPO share prices can swing wildly during the IPO's earliest trading days. Yet despite the potential volatility, the potential upside remains tantalizing to investors and, as a result, tech IPOs appear poised to continue the current 'white hot' streak. Tempted to join the throng? Here's what you need to know before you buy.
Is It Worth Investing in Art and Collectibles?
What are the benefits of investing in art and collectibles? Purchasing items can be an enjoyable hobby, but there's a smart way to do it. Learn more.
The Future of Post-Pandemic Global Manufacturing in the U.S.A.
Will global manufacturing increase post-pandemic? Learn how the United States will hopefully manufacture more, increase jobs, and boost the global economy.
Investing with Robo Advisors
Robo advising is on the rise. Here's some information on the latest trends.
Trade Settlements: Then, Now, and in the Future
As settlement practices evolve, learn how the trade settlement process continues to improve and what trends Fifth Third Bank foresees in the near future.
The Flattening Yield Curve Explained
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Retirement Planning: How Much is Enough?
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Should I Utilize Catch-Up Retirement Contributions?
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Setting Retirement Financial Goals By Age
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Ways to Protect Your Retirement Savings
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Planning for Health Care Costs in Retirement
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How to Maximize Your Social Security Fund
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3 Tips for Creating a Retirement Distribution Strategy
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Can Existing Debt Impact Planning for Retirement?
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Who Will Manage Your Personal Finances if You Are Not Able?
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How to Save for College and Retirement
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How to Avoid Mistakes when Planning for Retirement
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Retirement Planning by the Decades
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Do I Need Life Insurance in Retirement?
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Retirement Income: 3 Things to Consider
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Essential Documents Needed for Retirement
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8 Early Retirement Health Insurance Options
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Protect Yourself from Identity Theft
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Managing Your IRA Account
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Giving in 2018: How New Tax Laws Are Impacting Philanthropy
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How to Maximize Charitable Giving
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How to Protect Your Assets in a Divorce
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Goodwill Giving: Charity Wedding and Gift Registries Gaining Popularity
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What's Happening to Bond Portfolios During COVID-19
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Should You Explore Concierge Medicine?
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Proper Financial Planning: Critical for Women
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6 Ways to Keep Your Important Documents Safe
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Simple Estate Planning and Tax-Advantages for 529s
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SearchYourCloud, which provides a single search interface to find documents stored on a desktop or several cloud-based services, expanded on Tuesday to include Box.
Access to Box is being included in a new version of the SearchYourCloud client software that is being launched the same day for Windows, iPhone and iPad platforms. The software, from U.K.-based Simplexo, already works with DropBox, Exchange, Outlook.com and SharePoint documents.
"It's a one-stop shop to find the document you need," said Michael Judd, vice president of product development, in an interview.
The software works by accessing a user's cloud storage accounts and indexing the contents. Local files on a hard disk are also indexed, providing a single interface from which to search both offline and online files.
In addition to the search interface, the software can push local documents to cloud services. In that process, it encrypts the files with AES256 encryption, thus ensuring the files stored online cannot be accessed if the cloud-service account is hacked. To view or use the documents, users must enter their passwords into the SearchYourCloud software to decrypt the contents.
Even with encryption, the files can be shared, but that requires the SearchYourCloud client software on the recipient's computer.
Looking ahead, the company hopes to add access to Google Drive, Microsoft's SkyDrive and Evernote, Judd said. Also in the pipeline are apps for Apple Mac computers and Android smartphones.
SearchYourCloud costs US$25 for the desktop app, and the mobile apps are free. SearchYourCloud offers new users a one-month free trial.
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You may not know it, but Autodesk, maker of the design and engineering staple AutoCAD, has been in the Android photo editor game for a while now. Previously, the company's Pixlr-o-matic was one of the more popular photo editors on Google Play, but its newest title, Pixlr Express is significantly more powerful.
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BOSTON -- Alex Rodriguez's speed had already moved into the slow lane following two hip surgeries, but a tight left hamstring now has him putting the caution flashers on.
Rodriguez did not move well on the basepaths in the seventh inning of Friday's 8-4 Yankees loss to the Red Sox, and Rodriguez said that he will be unable to play third base until at least next week because of concern that he will further injure the leg.
"I'm just trying to go where it doesn't blow out. That's pretty much it," said Rodriguez, who has been the Yankees' designated hitter in three straight games.
Rodriguez said that he was feeling some improvement in the hamstring, which he said knotted up on Tuesday in Baltimore, but manager Joe Girardi noticed Rodriguez laboring as he moved to third base on Robinson Cano's two-run double in the seventh.
Girardi had planned to play Rodriguez at third base on Saturday, but he said that his mind had changed after watching Rodriguez run the bases. Rodriguez said that he did not think he could play third base until at least Tuesday in Toronto.
"I'm not sure. I'm coming in every day and doing treatment with [head athletic trainer] Stevie [Donohue]," Rodriguez said. "Hopefully sooner rather than later. But I know that Monday day off will be key for me and hopefully maybe Tuesday."
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Four out of five philanthropically minded Americans will donate the same or more this year, and nonpolitical charities will benefit even in an environment of unprecedented political fundraising requests, according to the Fidelity Charitable Giving Season Survey.
For the second consecutive year, giving is trending higher, according to the survey, up by nine percentage points over 2011, which saw an 18-point increase over 2010.
The results showed that on average, Americans expected to give $2,400 to charity this year, compared with $2,100 last year.
Fidelity Charitable sponsored the study of 571 Americans in October to explore behaviors and motivations around charitable giving. Forty-two percent of survey respondents cited improved personal economic reasons for giving more, including a new job, a raise or lower household expenses.
For those who donated or planned to donate to a political campaign, 89% said this had not negatively affected their charitable giving.
Most respondents also said that charitable tax breaks had not influenced their giving. Three-quarters disagreed when asked whether they had donated to charity to get a tax deduction.
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HARTFORD, CONN. - Forty-eight students from across the state have been selected as winners of the 2016 CHET Dream Big! Competition, which asks students to share their dreams about life after college through drawings and essays. The Competition received more than 3,700 entries.
Aspiring doctors, police officers, teachers, scientists, social workers, astronauts, entrepreneurs, musicians, artists, writers and more participated in this year's competition, which drew entries from schools in 113 of the State's 169 municipalities.
Four grand prize winners will each receive a $1,000 contribution to a CHET college savings account, and 44 additional students in kindergarten through 8th grade will receive $500 contributions including the following Hartford County students:
• Kelsey Alonzo, Squadron Line Elementary School, Simsbury
• Luis Ayala, Vance Village Elementary School, New Britain
• Emily Bafuma, R.E. Thalberg Elementary School, Southington
• Sylvia Borla, Home School, Hartford
• Zuri Channer, Vance Village Elementary School, New Britain
• Julio Colon, Clark Elementary School, Hartford
• Jo-Angelie Luna, Smalley Academy, New Britain
• Kwabena Obiri-Yeboah, Langford Elementary School, East Hartford
• Anastasia Ramos, Smalley Academy, New Britain
• Isaiah Jovon Saylor, Simpson Waverly School, Hartford
"This year's entries reflect how keenly aware Connecticut students are of their communities and of the world around them, and how motivated they are to make a difference. The consistent theme from the kindergarten drawings to the eighth grade essays is a great desire to make the world a better place for everyone to live and help others," said State Treasurer Denise L. Nappier, Trustee of the Connecticut Higher Education Trust (CHET).
All the winners were recognized at a lively ceremony attended by approximately 175 students, parents and educators on May 24 in the Atrium at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, with Scot Haney of WFSB-TV Channel 3 as a special guest. Treasurer Nappier presented certificates to each educator and student winner.
"As Trustee of CHET, my goal is for every child to have the ability to pursue higher education. For some students, Dream Big! is a stepping stone to start on their journey to saving for college. Whether college is a decade away or just around the corner, we hope that every student who submitted an entry stays focused on preparing, both academically and financially, for college," said Treasurer Nappier.
This year's competition also included school prizes. Eight schools, one in each county, won a $500 top prize for submitting the highest number of entries on behalf of students in that county, including Smalley Academy in New Britain, the winner in Hartford County, which submitted the highest number of entries statewide with 551 students entering the competition.
The Dream Big! Competition is administered under the banner of the Connecticut Higher Education Trust. It is funded by TIAA, the program manager; no state funds will be used for awards issued through the Dream Big! competition.
To view a full list of winners and their entries visit www.chetdreambig.com.
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The Connecticut Higher Education Trust (CHET) direct-sold college savings plan was established in 1997 and as of April 30, 2016 has grown to more than $2.8 billion in assets and 125,000 accounts. Nearly $1.3 billion has been withdrawn from CHET accounts to help more than 37,000 students pay for college expenses.
The State of Connecticut offers CHET to help families save for future college costs. Funds deposited into a CHET account have tax advantages and can be used at accredited colleges and universities across the country, including vocational and technical schools, and some colleges abroad.
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Very cute...of course I'm seeing it all white!ReplyDelete
Sounds like you've got a fair bit of work ahead of you. Also sounds like a ton of fun. Can't wait to see what happens in there. :)ReplyDelete
What an absolutely beautiful home! I can see all sorts of possibilities. White cabinets in the kitchen, window seat in the alcove...Even with all of the abuse it seems to have suffered-it still looks warm and inviting..(hope that made sense).ReplyDelete
I can't wait to see more :-))
I can see the wood all white. Colors on the walls. Any idea what's under that carpet? It sure looks like it is past the "I can save it with a steam cleaner from Home D" stage.ReplyDelete
Looks like a fun project.
once the flea bombs have done their job, i say let the white paint fly! can't wait to see the transformation susie!ReplyDelete
You better wear a mask! You're a brav little gal battlin' those ole fleas! :)ReplyDelete
It's really a cute little place and you're gonna fix her up? You have the most wonderful decorating skills and ideas and I know you'll make it look like a little doll house!
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I love, love, love painted paneling, painted cabinets, painted doors and moldings...you probably have those ideas already since you ran "painting the wood" by your daddy. I do, however, love the front doors as they are. Gosh, I hope the fogger is successful!ReplyDelete
ortho boric acid... sprinkle it around, it does something to the legs of the fleas so they can't mate.. takes a little longer than bombing, but with both of them, you might see some results.. plus, pull out the carpet???ReplyDelete
This little place is LOADED with potential!!!
Oh boy!!!! A project! And I agree first NO FLEAS!!!! In the kitchen I saw pretty white cabinets with splashed of red....you know 1940's meets now.....Same with the wainscotting...nice crisp light color......And the bathroom...now that is some work, but boy can that be cute! I would love a place like this!!!! I don't live where there are fleas....but I guess I wouldn't have carpet in the house if the fleas like it! :) Good Luck, can' wait to see the "during" and "after" photos! SandyReplyDelete
I can't wait to see your reveal! What a cute little home!ReplyDelete
That place has lots of potential once you deal with the fleas. Any chance of decent flooring under the rugs? Love the wide planks and the gorgeous double doors. Lots of white on the woodwork will be a major improvement. Good luck, and of course hoping you share the journey.ReplyDelete
Big project but I bet the end results will be beautiful!ReplyDelete
How exciting! The first idea that came to my mind was to remove those cabinets next to the window in the kitchen. I am picturing a wall of subway tile there with some open shelving with metal brackets holding them up (Ikea style). I also see an island if there is room, and paint those cabinets below of course in a white or pretty blue with butcher block countertops. White trimwork and carpet removal will do wonders though! Have fun!ReplyDelete
This place is going to be super cute when you're done with it. I see great about of paint in your future.ReplyDelete
Now, about those pesky fleas...my homeopathic vet swears by food-grade Diatomaceous Earth...not the stuff sold at pool supply stores, tho'. DA kills them by dehydrating the flea (and all the other creepy crawlers that like to sneak insidie)...but it's safe for people and pets to be around.
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Lovely little place. Such a pity renters have no respect for other's property!ReplyDelete
My husband and I are working on rehabbing our future retirement home.. What will become my sewing room was dark rough cut oak.. Hubby used a rented sprayer and made them all white... I LOVE it..ReplyDelete
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How fun!! We love fixing up homes!! There are good bones and tons of potential in that little home!ReplyDelete
what a nice little home,, I agree with you, I could definitely see Layla working some magic in there. I bet its gonna be beautiful whatever you decide to do.ReplyDelete
I am seeing a seaside decor. Lots of whites and texture....jute rugs and burlap of course. Hints of a soft almost white "aqua". I will be following this fun project the whole way. PaulaReplyDelete
Oh! Susie~What an exciting project for you. I look forward to see your amazing transformations. So much fun!!ReplyDelete
I would definitely start by ripping out those ugly rugs. The kitchen flooring needs to go too. You have your work cut out for you. Hopefully those fleas are as good as gone.
Have fun!!
Cute!!!! I can't wait to see what you do with it! I'm loving looking at your vacay pics. Y'all are so cute! : )ReplyDelete
Did you see the low budget makeover that whitehorse farm did? anyway I would paint the cabs with oldwhite chalk paint (no primer needed) lightly distress and then wax. Paint the floor light blue and all the walls a soft light grey. The kitchen window is cool and I would change out the fixture above it to a farm style fixture with the curved arm and the ruffled aluminum shade. Big rustic baskets on top of the shelves for more storage...you get the picture!ReplyDelete
the rental reno has some great possibilities. I can see the cabinets white in the kitchen with some beadboard backsplash and the parquet floors in there; if they are in good condition sanded and stained a lighter color. I would also place a different light fixture above the sink. Love those industrial ones like barn house electric has.ReplyDelete
Oh my, the fleas! Well, even though you are bombing, if there is hardwood under there, I would definitely rip up the carpet. The bathroom looks like maybe you might have to gut. Wouldn't that be fun to start with a blank canvas?
I see a series coming up, instead of Sara's House it is Susie's House! Are you reading HGTV?!!ReplyDelete
As others have said, I can see all white woodwork and in the kitchen too. I might take the upper cabinets out all together and put up open shelving on either side of the window. It looks like a fun project. I bet your mind is swimming with ideas. Keep us updated:))ReplyDelete
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Just browsing around my new "neighbor's" site! There's so much potential in this house-what a fun project, albeit quite a large project. Count me in for helping!
I like your idea of painted paneling, painted cabinets, painted doors and moldings. It looks very beautiful and awesome work.ReplyDelete
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Okay, with regard to the fleas, rip up that carpeting even if there is no hardwood underneath. You are talented enough to think of alternative flooring (peel and stick tile, sanded, painted and sealed plywood.....anything but carpeting). Don't forget to use a mask and eye goggles. I love this place and I agree with all the suggestions that it needs to be light with some contrast here and there. Good luck! A mother's love knows no limits!!ReplyDelete
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Whats up man. Still no k swap project. I am currently in between jobs, so it will have to wait a while longer. What about you?
It was actually a z1. I have kept my DC5 stock since I got it. Like you said they are to heavy to race, I would rather put money into an k swap project. I just use it as a daily car. Still saving up for a k project.
Thats cool. Nah I got myself a DC5. I had a k20 motor ready to swap into my buddys ek but he crashed it the week after and plans changed. I ended up selling the k20. I'm still hoping to do a k20 swap sometime in the future.
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Daniel Bryan/John Cena at SummerSlam: "I think Daniel Bryan will really push John Cena. No-one in WWE wrestles at the pace of Daniel Bryan. When you're in a main event likely closing the show on a major show, your senses are heightened. As professionals their job is to close that show and follow everything those people have seen in the last couple of hours. I think that John Cena is gonna show people that he has many more abilities in the ring than people, the Cena haters, think he does. Daniel Bryan's gonna bring everything he has in his toolbox as he should, and it'll be Cena's job to deal with that onslaught and keep up with the pace."
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The human body can only exist for 5-7 days without water, thus dehydration must be taken seriously. Just exactly what does dehydration mean? Medically, dehydration is a serious and potentially life-threatening condition in which the body contains an insufficient volume of water for normal functioning. To operate efficiently, most people say the body requires about eight large glasses of water per day, based on an estimate of fluid loss during a normal day. Even more water is needed during hot weather, periods of illness and when exercising. Many people simply do not take in this amount of water, preferring instead to get their intake of liquids through coffee, tea, sodas, beer or wine.
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The three letters of the NT placed after 1 and 2 Thessalonians. Since 1726, when Paul Anton called the two NT letters to Timothy and that to Titus 'Pastoral Epistles', the name has stuck. It is appropriate on account of the concern they exhibit for a certain number of pastoral situations in the Church. There is a threat of persecution (2 Tim. 4: 6–8) and of apostasy by Christians (2 Tim. 4: 10), yet Christians are urged to be law-abiding citizens (Titus 3: 1). There is no call for revolution. Within the Church the author is worried by heretical tendencies of a Gnostic character, which obliged him to insist on the goodness of God's creation (1 Tim. 4: 4) and the genuine humanity of Christ (1 Tim. 3: 16).
The three epistles' claim to be written by Paul has been much disputed in NT scholarship for about 200 years, but the traditional view, mentioned by Irenaeus at the end of the 2nd cent., still has a few supporters. Maintaining Pauline authorship has to contend not only with the epistles' refutation of Gnosticism—which marks them as later than Paul's generation—but also with the difficulty that the organization of the ministry reflects an era later than Paul's. It is surely surprising that elementary teaching about piety (cf. Heb. 6: 1) should be thought necessary for such close colleagues of Paul as Timothy and Titus. Style and vocabulary are also said to be uncharacteristic of Paul, though some differences could be explained either by Paul's use of a secretary or by the sheer versatility of the man.
The balance of evidence is that the Pastorals are pseudonymous, though fragments of Paul's own letters may have been incorporated (e.g. 2 Tim. 4: 9–18). A suggested date for the composition of the epistles would place them about 130 CE, since they are probably known to Polycarp (in about 135 CE), but a date near the end of the 1st cent. is also possible in that the kind of Church order in the epistles reflects that of 1 Clement (95 CE). A tentative suggestion for their place of composition would be Ephesus, where Timothy is said to reside (1 Tim. 1: 3).
The epistles could be fairly described as a manual for the management of the household of God. But ethical teaching is given not only to regulate the internal life of the Church, but is also directed to maintaining good relations with the whole local community. It reflects the structures and authority of an ordered society and the ethics of the surrounding Graeco-Roman world; women are regarded as subordinate (Titus 2: 5)—but on the basis of 'the word of God'! See also timothy, letters to, and titus.


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