Using Economic Data to Predict the Market? It’s a Waste of Time
More than 40 years ago, if you had made a list of the most influential investors in America, Peter Lynch would have been near the top. From 1977 to 1990 … Read More
Covid Recovery: The U.S. vs. The World – Inflations Good News, Worrisome Trend – New Highs. Now What? | February 2024
Covid Recovery The U.S. vs. The World There have been calls to declare that the U.S. economic recovery since the recent pandemic to be a miracle, and the Biden Administration’s … Read More
What Does It Mean When the Stock Market Reaches an All Time High
New Highs. Now What? We’re all reading headlines telling us that the stock market has reached all-time highs, something that never happened in 2023. Many investors who have a worrisome … Read More
US Inflation Good News but Worrisome Trend
When Federal Reserve Board economists kept insisting that 2022’s inflation levels were ‘transitory,’ it sometimes elicited derisive laughter from reporters. But it turns out they were right. As the Covid … Read More
Actual Military Spending, Good and Bad Debt & 2023 Investment Report | January 2024
Actual Military Spending The U.S. military budget just keeps going up, year after year, as a percentage of the U.S. economy, and the amount of support the U.S. is sending … Read More
Can I Do Exit Planning on My Own? | January 2024
“How hard can planning my exit really be? I already made it valuable, so all I need to do is find someone to buy it for what I want, right?” … Read More
Good vs Bad Debt
Good and Bad Debt You’ve probably read articles that talk about ‘good’ and ‘bad’ debt, but what, exactly, is the difference? The simple answer is that good debt is borrowing … Read More
What Does the U.S. Military Actually Spend?
The U.S. military budget just keeps going up, year after year, as a percentage of the U.S. economy, and the amount of support the U.S. is sending to Israel and … Read More
2023 Investment Report
Last year, stocks were buffeted by the Federal Reserve Board’s aggressive rate hikes (the fastest since the 1980s stagflation era) and the reverse of the QE policies which, for a … Read More
Next Year’s Tax Brackets for 2024
The Internal Revenue Service has (finally!) released the tax brackets for 2024, which are annually indexed for inflation. The top bracket is always the strangest; you would think that the … Read More