Part Two of a Three-Part Series. So, if experts believed a capitalist like Donald Trump would have a negative impact on the stock market, what are they saying about the…
Would Socialism Be Good for the Stock Market? Nyet!
Part One of a Three-Part Series. With Bernie Sanders now the frontrunner for Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, we wondered what the impact would be on the stock market and the…
SECURE’s Other Changes: IRA Tweaks, Small Business Incentives
Part two of a two-part series on SECURE’s new retirement regulations. In our last post, we wrote that the SECURE Act (Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act) that…
New Retirement Regulations: SECURE or INSECURE?
Part one of a two-part series on SECURE’s new retirement regulations. The U.S. Congress loves warm and fuzzy acronyms. But it’s the fine print that counts, not the name of…
What to Expect in 2020
“There are two kinds of forecasters: those who don’t know, and those who don’t know they don’t know.” …
2010s vs. 2000s
By most accounts, 2019 was a very good year. Stock indices set new records and the historically longest bull market continued. So did the historically longest recovery. In 2018, the…
Can China Be Trusted?
China historically was an innovative country, bringing the world gunpowder, papermaking, printing and the compass. Current President Xi Jinping is seeking to Make China Great Again. Its technological abilities are…
China vs. U.S.A.
We’ve been observing the ebb and flow of trade negotiations between China and the United States with anxiety, hope and curiosity. The “trade war” — fought as mental combat, not…
Why Interest Rates Will Remain Low
Part two of a two-part series on interest rates and the federal debt. Servicing the federal debt will cost U.S. taxpayers $479 billion this year, even though interest rates are…
The Interest Rate Paradox
Part one of a two-part series on interest rates and the federal debt. Call it the interest rate paradox. If interest rates remain low or trend lower, the federal debt…