Look up the word ‘nit’ in the dictionary, and you’ll find a few definitions—none of them particularly positive. So it’s no surprise that the tax commonly known as NIIT can be a bit of an annoyance. NIIT is short for net investment income tax. It originated back in 2013 to help pay for the new [...]
The HMS Dreadnought
On February 7, 1910, an odd event occurred in the British town of Weymouth. A group of five arrived for a tour of the HMS Dreadnought, a battleship that was the pride of Britain’s navy. The five were welcomed with fanfare, their staff having communicated in advance that they were members of the [...]
Cage Match
In recent months, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk have been trading barbs, going as far as discussing a “cage match”—a literal fight. This has followed a volatile few years for their respective companies. In October of last year, Musk took over Twitter and immediately started making changes: [...]
Good Choices
Economist Harry Markowitz, who passed away recently, invented a new approach to investing. Known as modern portfolio theory, it offered investors, for the first time, a logical approach to building portfolios. How much should you hold in stocks vs. bonds? Markowitz could tell you precisely. But [...]
How investors can use AI today
A little while back, New York attorney Steven Schwartz found himself in hot water. Schwartz was representing a passenger injured on board an Avianca Airlines flight. In a filing with the court, Schwartz cited several precedents that appeared to support his case, including Martinez v. Delta Air [...]
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