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The “Happy Birthday” song is traditionally sung to celebrate the anniversary of someone’s birth. In 1998, the Guinness Book of World Records proclaimed that very song as the most recognized song in the English language, followed by “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow.” Its roots can be traced back to a song entitled, “Good Morning to All,” which was written and composed by American sisters and kindergarten teachers, Patty and Mildred Hill in 1893.

Throughout the years, many other versions and styles of the “Happy Birthday” song were created. One of the most famous versions of this song was sung by Marilyn Monroe to then U.S. President John F. Kennedy in May 1962. Another famous version of the song was sung by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. They shifted the melody to a traditional rock song and increased its complexity and style on their unforgettable double album, “The Beatles” (commonly referred to as the “White Album”) in 1968.

Traditionally, birthdays are fun events, but when it comes to taxes, birthdays have a special place. From a tax standpoint, birthdays are not always “fun” and very often are different and not created the same.

The list below (compiled by Manna Capital Management and Financial Planning) contains some important tax birthdays (after the age of 50) that can dramatically affect your income taxes:

It is very important that as you plan for or reach any of these milestone birthdays that you are working with a qualified financial advisor who can review your specific situation to determine what tax reduction strategies would be best for you.

An Overview of Financial Services Software

Risk management software is an important tool that financial institutions can use to proactively analyze and deal with the financial risks that they face on a day-to-day basis. In other words, the Financial Services Software provides an integrated approach to managing risk, and thus enables the financial industry to define, control, manage, and reduce the financial risks within their business; what is sometimes referred to as collateral management. As such, these institutions are able to estimate any potential loses. The government has set out regulatory requirements that financial institutions are required to implement, with regard to risk management and capital.

The Benefits of Risk Management Software

Some of the benefits of risk management software are as discussed below:
Identification of risk: One of the greatest advantages of Financial Services Software is the ability to create risk profiles, which can be used by financial institutions, for constant application of their risk framework. The profiles are created through extensive data collection, with the information from various sources being compiled to give accurate and up to date information. With this data, the organization has the ability to monitor and assess current risks, as well as anticipate any future risks.

Firm Value: With regard to financial institutions, risk management is aimed at eliminating any potential risk that might lead to a reduction in the firm value. The most common types of risks that these institutions face include market risk and credit risk, which have an effect on their net asset value. Therefore, the risk management solution will help a financial institution to predict any significant change, in factors such as commodity prices, exchange rates, equity rates and interest rates.

Decision-making: Collateral management is about prioritizing business risks. It is not possible for an institution to handle all potential risks effectively. Therefore, there is need for the risks to prioritized, on the basis of their scale and overall effect that they can have on the business. By using this software, the organization will be able to forecast the probability of a certain risk occurring, and thus plan accordingly.

How quickly we forget! Most loan officers that I talk to today are all wired up about the current mini “refinance boom“ the market is having right now. Most don’t, or don’t want to remember that it was just this summer when they were quoting rates at 4.875 or higher for the same 30 year fixed. It’s funny though we always see the same reversal of trends each and every year. Loan Officers are happy for the most part until February when rates jump up and are high until around may. That is typically the downtime of the year for mortgage loan officers.

My question is how much longer do we really think the refinance boom will really last? Sooner or later everyone that can refinance will have refinanced their home, and we know the purchase market pretty much sucks right now. If you focus mostly on the purchase market I hope you have been nice to your Realtor’s. We know they are not the most loyal group out there, and since we have all been busy trying to get as many refinance loans closed over the past 3 months…. I don’t think we’ve really paid too much attention to them.

So my question is what are your plans after the life of a Mortgage Loan Officer? What happens when the rates go up and the refinances dry up? Are their going to be any loan officer jobs out there for you? Will you be able to keep up with the lifestyle you have come to love over the past few months. Yes; there will be some that will be able to survive the drought, but as usual, there will be some collateral damage. I often ask myself how many “Mortgage Officers” have actually filed for bankruptcy since the whole Barney Frank $hi$ came into play? Seriously, something that was meant to supposedly help consumer’s is actually hurting people at the same time.