NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sara Pauly is not one of those small business owners scrambling to fill out paperwork for part of the more than $350 billion in government aid available through the Paycheck Protection Program or the Economic Injury Disaster Loan.

The COVID-19 crisis tanked the stock market in 2020, and you might be considering making good news out of bad by claiming tax losses.

Scott Talley hosts a panel of experts to discuss the Economic Injury Disaster Loan and other SBA Loans that have emerged from the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. Join Trisha Barita, Scott Bishop, Jo Ann Miller, and Liana Gasparini to learn what you need to know about qualifying for disaster loan assistance.

Financial planning has been steadily moving down market. A service that once squarely focused on the wealthy has spread to the mass affluent. These are folks often with low six-figure incomes, if that, and retirement portfolios between $100,000 and $1 million.

How can investors protect their 401(k) and other retirement savings from being depleted when they’re watching the stock market drop?

Tracy Donaldson, of Orlando, Fla., had an inauspicious start to retirement. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 12% in the week he retired. “This is very disconcerting and very bad timing,” says Donaldson, 66 years old, who retired on Feb. 28 after a 38-year career at Walt Disney in travel and logistics coordination. “I decided not to look at my investments so I wouldn’t be depressed and upset.”