I have a question for you: What is your favorite tax rate? This is not intended as a trick question. If you're like most people, your favorite tax rate is probably zero. While a 0% rate is great, however, it's not easy to achieve. There is really just a handful of ways to create tax-free income. If [...]
Another Rorschach test
As you may have seen, the stock market took investors on a wild ride this week. On Wednesday the Dow dropped more than 800 points, on Thursday it lost another 546 points and today it swung back and forth between positive and negative before closing about 1 percent higher. At times like this I'm [...]
Today’s market movements
As you may have read, the stock market had a difficult day today, with the S&P 500 and the Dow both down more than 3%. Many individual stocks, especially Technology stocks, fared worse: Google was down 5%, Amazon was down 6%, and Netflix was down 8%. For reference, the market's typical daily [...]
A Rorschach test
The stock market this year reminds me of one of Rorschach's inkblot tests. Year-to-date, U.S. stocks have gained nearly 10 percent, but it's very difficult to know what to make of it. Bulls point to this year's tax cuts and believe that the market makes complete sense. Bears, on the other hand, [...]
The Roth conversion question
Last week, my ten-year-old son and I had a chance encounter with the commissioner of the Boston Police Department. After saying hello, he bent down and offered my son this advice: “Stay in school,” he said, “and listen to your parents.” Oftentimes, the recipe for success is just that simple. When [...]
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