North Carolina Grounds Absolute Divorce Marital Property Separate Trial Lawyers Attorneys

STARKEY SHARP v. LINDA R. SHARPCOURT OF APPEALS OF NORTH CAROLINAJanuary 7, 1987, Heard in the Court of Appeals January 20, 1987, Filed Plaintiff filed this action seeking an absolute divorce from defendant on grounds of one year’s separation. In her answer, defendant admitted the allegations of the complaint and asserted a counterclaim for equitable … Read more

Pricing an Asset

Pricing an Asset   If there should be a momentary disequilibrium such that the price of an asset were “too high,” causing expected returns to be “too low,” investors would sell the asset and its price would return to the equilibrium level. And, the converse would be true for assets whose prices were “too low” and whose … Read more

Don’t Copy Another Agent’s Annuity Marketing Plan – Do it Yourself

As a small boy my mother would often ask why I did something. Of course the answer was because my friends had done it. Her answer was always “if they jumped off the roof would you”? Now if we ask ourselves the same question about our marketing plan, does it deserve the same answer? I … Read more

What is Leveraged ETN Tracking and How Does it Work

An ETN or an Exchange Traded Note is a senior, unsecured, unsubordinated debt security, which is issued by an underwriting bank. ETNs are backed only by the credit of the issuer and they also possess a maturity date.   Leveraged ETN tracking is designed for investors in order to provide access to the returns of … Read more

Navigating The 1099 Independent Contractor Compliance Landscape

Saving your company from ruins due to worker misclassification Executive Summary Over the years, full-time employees in the United States have enjoyed the fruits of long-term employment benefits where a good majority of the baby-boomers practically worked for a single employer until retirement.  However, business circumstances have lead to a new trend in the industry … Read more