IT CAN BE ENORMOUSLY CHALLENGING—both financially and emotionally—to care for someone suffering from Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia. Your advisor can assist you in developing a plan that helps you manage the extra financial costs involved. But keeping your loved one safe at home often falls on you alone. Cynthia Hutchins, director of Financial Gerontology at Bank of America, recommends taking the following simple steps to care for your family member, even as you grapple with the financial challenges of caregiving. For more tips, insights and advice, read "The Journey of Caregiving: Honor, Responsibility and Financial Complexity,” a Merrill study conducted in partnership with Age Wave.1

But reviewing and rebalancing your portfolio isn’t the only action you might consider taking now. Volatility and low rates can provide opportunities for more tax-efficient giving, saving for retirement and meeting other important financial goals, says Mitchell Drossman, national director of wealth planning strategies for Bank of America’s Chief Investment Office. After all, “when markets rebound, you want the value of your assets to rise in the most tax-efficient way and in the most efficient location,” he adds.

Below, Drossman and Kevin Hindman, managing director, Retirement & Personal Wealth Solutions at Bank of America, highlight five strategies that can potentially minimize taxes in volatile, low-rate environments. Discuss them with your tax professional and financial advisor to see whether they might make sense for you.

When it comes to serving women, the industry has come a long way, and at Merrill, we’re dedicated to pushing it even further. It's more important than ever that we continue to listen and look for ways to support women investors, especially as the coronavirus pandemic has had a disproportionate effect on women, causing many to have to rethink their goals and priorities.

We recently commissioned a breakthrough study that examined the financial services industry at large, utilizing cutting-edge technology to understand how gender affects the way financial advisors and investors interact. Here, we’re highlighting some of the most enlightening results that have strengthened our resolve to address gender miscues—unconscious behaviors caused by gender-related stereotypes—in wealth management.

YEARS BEFORE MANY PEOPLE RETIRE, key dates and deadlines pop up—things like being able to make catch-up contributions to your 401(k) and IRA starting the calendar year you turn 50 and signing up for Medicare Part A at 65, even if you’re still working. If you aren’t aware of them, they’re easy to miss. Below are seven important stops along the way to retirement readiness.

YEARS BEFORE MANY PEOPLE RETIRE, key dates and deadlines pop up—things like being able to make catch-up contributions to your 401(k) and IRA starting the calendar year you turn 50 and signing up for Medicare Part A at 65, even if you’re still working. If you aren’t aware of them, they’re easy to miss. Below are seven important stops along the way to retirement readiness.

YEARS BEFORE MANY PEOPLE RETIRE, key dates and deadlines pop up—things like being able to make catch-up contributions to your 401(k) and IRA starting the calendar year you turn 50 and signing up for Medicare Part A at 65, even if you’re still working. If you aren’t aware of them, they’re easy to miss. Below are seven important stops along the way to retirement readiness.

YEARS BEFORE MANY PEOPLE RETIRE, key dates and deadlines pop up—things like being able to make catch-up contributions to your 401(k) and IRA starting the calendar year you turn 50 and signing up for Medicare Part A at 65, even if you’re still working. If you aren’t aware of them, they’re easy to miss. Below are seven important stops along the way to retirement readiness.

YEARS BEFORE MANY PEOPLE RETIRE, key dates and deadlines pop up—things like being able to make catch-up contributions to your 401(k) and IRA starting the calendar year you turn 50 and signing up for Medicare Part A at 65, even if you’re still working. If you aren’t aware of them, they’re easy to miss. Below are seven important stops along the way to retirement readiness.

YEARS BEFORE MANY PEOPLE RETIRE, key dates and deadlines pop up—things like being able to make catch-up contributions to your 401(k) and IRA starting the calendar year you turn 50 and signing up for Medicare Part A at 65, even if you’re still working. If you aren’t aware of them, they’re easy to miss. Below are seven important stops along the way to retirement readiness.

YEARS BEFORE MANY PEOPLE RETIRE, key dates and deadlines pop up—things like being able to make catch-up contributions to your 401(k) and IRA starting the calendar year you turn 50 and signing up for Medicare Part A at 65, even if you’re still working. If you aren’t aware of them, they’re easy to miss. Below are seven important stops along the way to retirement readiness.

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