Author Archives: Melanie Bolster

Social Security and Supplement Security Income (SSI) benefits will rise 2.5 percent for nearly 73 million Americans in 2025. This annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) translates to an average of $50 in additional monthly benefits. The annual COLA is tied to the Consumer Price Index (CPI), as determined by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor […]

On Sept. 18, 2024, the Federal Reserve Bank (the Fed) reduced the target federal funds rate by half a percentage point to a range of 4.75 to 5 percent, marking the first rate cut since the start of the pandemic in March of 2020. The move, which follows 11 consecutive rate hikes between March 2022 […]

Employers sponsoring non-safe harbor 401(k) plans must perform annual ERISA- and IRS-mandated testing to ensure they do not disproportionately favor highly compensated employees (HCEs) over rank-and-file non-HCEs. It is critical businesses understand the formulas for these nondiscriminatory tests and the steps they must take to fix a failure or risk losing their plans’ tax benefits. […]

The IRS recently announced the 2025 contribution limits individuals with high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) may contribute to their workplace health savings accounts (HSAs) to help pay for rising healthcare expenses. HSAs are triple-tax-advantaged accounts that eligible workers may fund with pre-tax dollars and withdraw tax-free when used to cover a broad range of qualifying healthcare […]

FT. LAUDERDALE, FL – March 1, 2024 – Provenance Wealth Advisors today announced that it has been named by InvestmentNews Magazine as one of the country’s Best Places to Work for Financial Advisors in the USA. The program features a survey of all firm employees and completion of a questionnaire which asks questions about culture, […]

Despite a rapid recovery from the height of the pandemic, the global economy faced a new set of challenges in 2022. What started as global economy embattled by supply chain issues was stressed further with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This amplified inflationary pressures, prompting central banks across the globe to raise rates at the […]