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
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 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
“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 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
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
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
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
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 … Read More
If you’re even a casual social media browser, you’ve probably seen pitches talking about ‘year-end tax planning,’ or ‘things to do before the end of the year for your finances.’ … Read More
