... for some time and for a multitude of reasons, the pandemic really kicked prices into high gear.
People are on the move and looking for a reset. They’re moving out of cities and into the burbs and beyond. ...
... track of deposit timing like they do for IRAs. The assumption is that you and/or your tax person are doing so related to your business tax return.
Paying your taxes –
I think most people mail in paper ...
... takeaway from this article? We’ve joined Germany in a happiness nosedive from last year’s findings. We’re told this is because younger people reporting feeling unhappy due to distrusting our political ...
So which is it, is inflation getting better or worse? You get different answers depending on who you ask. The impact of inflation can be intensely personal and people have stories to share, but investors ...
... still seems to be rising. That can’t last indefinitely so the trillion-dollar question is when the tide ebbs and nobody knows the answer with a high degree of certainty. Nonetheless, people seem certain ...
Tax season is frustrating for lots of people. Our system is incredibly complicated and, perhaps ironically, only gets more so when we’re doing what we’re supposed to be doing like working hard, saving, ...
... created, investment salespeople would prefer you to think that these physical bitcoin funds offer something fundamentally different from futures-based funds. They even suggest that buying these funds is ...
... at market predictions is to get a sense for what reasonable people (very subjective these days, I know…) are expecting the economy and markets to do during the next year so we can plan accordingly. It’s ...
... For example, the Conference Board surveys people on these topics and noted a difference in spending expectations for those 45 and older, who expect to spend more than their younger cohort when compared ...
... of the criticism of harvesting losses. It’s time-consuming and requires holding a lot of details. This hassle factor often makes it difficult for some people, including professional money managers, to ...
... from the Wall Street Journal about how Americans can’t stop spending and offers reasons why with profiles of real people. This is fascinating because it dovetails perfectly with the chart from last week. ...
... people. That helps explain the nepo-buyers, right? Family help to buy a home is a head start or perhaps a cut in line, depending on your perspective.
Along these lines, analysis from JPMorgan of recent ...
... impact your bottom line.
While I’m not a Medicare expert, I’ve learned in my years working with clients that there are common threads to the various problems people report having. These often start with ...
... been involved, we have now seen Iranian involvement denied by Hamas, Israeli government sources, Iran, and American intelligence officials as well as spokespeople. That makes the likelihood of the conflict ...
... people who are offered pension buyouts decide to take them.
The main problem with this is a lack of appreciation for how time value of money and the present value concept works. In finance, present value ...
... felt by those at the lower end of the income spectrum. People say they’re planning to spend less but not yet. It’s sort of a variation on the acronym NIMBY… my backyard is fine, but everyone else’s looks ...
... because there are lots of reasons why people move, but the squeeze is on.
Third and completely unrelated, I’m taking a moment to comment on the death of Jimmy Buffett last week. I found his “Gulf and ...
... intuitive sense, lots of people seem to be going in the other direction.
I mention this because of a survey from Schroders, a global investment firm. Survey respondents report planning to start their ...
... suffering with 16 other people, 15 of which I’d never met before. We all came to the boat with different backgrounds, endurance capabilities, and different paddle strokes in most cases. But we adapted, ...
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How do people come up with these numbers? Is it someone’s best guess about how much money it takes to retire, since retiring from full-time work is usually the stated goal in surveys like this? Those ...