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Charitable Contributions from an IRA?

December 10, 2019

In 2018 charitable contributions from individuals fell by 3.8%. Excluding the Great Recession 10+ years ago…

Fifth Inning Stretch

December 10, 2019

As of the end of November, the S&P 500 index had returned +27.6% for the year – a phenomenal year…

Did You Know?

December 10, 2019

In 1935 FDR proposed the Social Security retirement program and his staff projected that total expenditures for…

Engagement Announced

December 10, 2019

In the October Par 3, we wrote about Charles Schwab and TD Ameritrade reducing commissions to $0. One month later, […]

Fear Factor

October 9, 2019

Both the media and the general investing public seem to be obsessed with predicting the next recession…

Build Baby Build!

October 9, 2019

A few months ago we wrote a note highlighting the fact that over the last decade the US has severely…

The Other Trade War

October 9, 2019

On October 1st Charles Schwab announced that they were lowering commissions on stocks, ETFs, and options to…

The Other Inversion

September 6, 2019

There has been a lot of discussions lately about yield inversion. In the finance world an inversion occurs when…

Scammer Alert

September 6, 2019

Earlier this year the telecom firm First Orion analyzed data from over 50 billion calls and estimated that…

Revisionist History

September 6, 2019

Revisionist History is a podcast by best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell now in its fourth season…

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