Life insurance can play an important role in your family’s financial plan. In this month’s Financial Planning post, we break down some of the known and lesser-known facts you’ll want to consider when evaluating your insurance options.

With so many recent announcements of local companies going public, we shed light on Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs), their rising popularity, and alternative options for the public offering process. As an investor, you’ll also learn more about the role SPACs should play in your portfolio.

For the first time since ratification of the Affordable Care Act, high earners may be eligible for assistance, or subsidies, toward their health insurance premiums under the recently passed American Rescue Plan.

We’ve seen a lot of market history unfolding in real time—including past periods when investors were bracing for seemingly imminent inflation. Not unlike today! Is inflation about to run rampant, or will history repeat itself and ultimately deliver another non-event?

If you’re considering a move to Washington State, go for the views of Mount Rainier or the Olympics—but think twice if you’re relocating to avoid taxes on capital gains.