Source: IRS

Gifts to Charity: Six Facts About Written Acknowledgements
Throughout the year, many taxpayers contribute money or gifts to qualified organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible charitable contributions. Taxpayers who plan to claim a charitable deduction on their tax return must do two things:​

Editor: Tunnerminnerwait

We live in an extraordinary time.  We live in a time where just about anybody can make money regardless of what happens.  The stock market goes up, you make money.  The stock market goes down, you make money.  Volatility increases, you make money.  Volatility decreases, you make money.  Housing goes up, housing goes down, you make money.  You get the idea.  People are quite familiar with the idea that when something goes up in value, they make money.  So it should come as no surprise that you could make lots of money when the stock market fell.  Welcome to the wonderful world of shorting and options...

Author: Tyler Durden

The greatest fear of any retiree, except for death/disease of course, is running out of money.  It's the kind of thing that keeps you up at night as the thoughts of becoming homeless and fighting off dogs for food enter your mind.  Ever seen the original Mad Max movie?  If you follow any of the other FIRE (Financial Independent, Retire Early) bloggers though they all talk about how ridiculous this fear is.  Of course this doesn't help much because it's kind of like telling somebody at the beach how rare a shark attack is as they're in neck deep water.  Until you get into the water though and make it back out alive, can you really tell what it's like?  So what has happened to my net worth now that I've been retired for 3 months?  I'll show you...