Abacus Briefs

We (i) start off with some preamble about our thoughts on podcasting, (ii) go into a few reminders for listeners during the tax season, (iii) move on to discuss strategies in preventing fraud considering that it's fraud prevention month, (iv) talk about recent announcements that Uber and Lyft may be offering stock to their drivers, (v) debate criteria for selecting financial advisors, (vi) comment on recent retail store announcements about the closing of 465 stores, and (vii) answer some questions from the reddit community.