A new year often brings changes to retirement and estate planning tax laws. 2015 is no different. Find out what’s changed so you can take advantage of deductions and credits, as well as effectively manage your retirement planning and possible estate/inheritance tax burden.

The big story in the fourth quarter was that commodity prices continued to fall rapidly from their peak in the second quarter. Find out more about the effects of falling oil prices on the economy and get an outlook for 2015.

Growth in Europe and Asia stalled in the third quarter. Global GDP rates are coming down slightly, with the U.S. being one of the strongest economies in the world. Read more in Mac Johnston's Investment Overview.

No one typically dreams of toiling away at the office after they’ve hit full retirement age, but working for a few more years could make a big difference in your post-retirement lifestyle.

Here are some strategies for retirees to make the most of what they have saved and make sure it lasts.

Here are 10 facts everyone should know about Social Security before making any retirement plans.

Building trust matters in all aspects of leadership, whether at the office, with your family, at church or in the community. The “why” is obvious, but the “how” is a little more complex. Go beyond the basics to become not only trusted, but indispensable.

About 95 percent of the world’s consumers live outside of the United States. Making the transition from domestic to international trade can be challenging for U.S. companies, but the risks can be managed. Find out how.

Olympians’ dedication to their sport and pursuit of excellence holds many lessons that business owners can apply to their own ventures.

We have teamed up with IBM to offer Trusteer Rapport—a leading provider of online fraud protection software. Trusteer Rapport "hardens" your browser and delivers an extra layer of security while you are signed into our site so cyber criminals can't read the pieces of information you type when you log in.

Pinnacle places the highest importance on protecting our clients’ funds and information. Read this for information on how we accomplish that.

Financial services firms like Pinnacle choose how to share clients’ personal information, but federal law gives consumers the right to limit some of how your information is shared. Read about your rights here.

In today’s environment chances are good that your card information could be compromised in the future. Here’s what to do if you’re a consumer, a merchant or another type of small business to protect yourself from a security breach.

Microsoft is no longer supporting its Windows XP operating system. Computers that run XP will be vulnerable to viruses, malware and other security threats. Learn more about the importance of updating your computer's software.

Unfortunately, as phishing attacks become more sophisticated, it is very difficult for the average person to tell if a message is fraudulent. Pinnacle developed a list of the "Super 6" questions you can ask yourself to help determine the legitimacy of any email.

Intuit, Turbo Tax’s parent company, has announced three different email scams that are aimed at Turbo Tax customers.

The FBI recently identified an uptick in Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams targeting legitimate businesses. These are sophisticated scams that use the name and correct email address of a current employee to “legitimize” the request. The criminal is able to gain access to a company network and steal money with the help of an unwitting accomplice, an employee who is fooled into submitting a wire request with the fraudster as the beneficiary.

Mobile malware continues to evolve infecting phones using tricks hackers once used on PCs. US and UK Smartphone users are being actively targeted by crooks, locking up their phones through encryption methods and demanding a ransom to unlock them. This mobile Trojan malicious software is called Svpeng and originally evolved in Russia.