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Declining home prices aren’t necessarily a bad thing, Mousseau says. “I think what you’ll see is a realignment of house prices,” he says. “The idea that house prices can go up 6 or 7 percent a year — I think that’s going to go away.”
With the desire to finance both an increasing deficit and an increase in government services, politicians are searching far and wide for funds. Increasingly, proposals are surfacing to tax wealth rather than income as the means to fund pet projects. The proposals attract followers since unequal distribution of wealth is viewed as a problem that […]
Excerpt from the Sarasota Herald-Tribune Tax the rich? Check the facts first Posted Feb 4, 2019 at 2:01 AM by Robert Eisenbeis, Ph.D. As the political season begins to heat up for 2020, we have seen an increasing number of proposals to provide free education, free health care, a universal guarantee of a living wage, […]
As the political season begins to heat up for 2020, we have seen an increasing number of proposals to provide free education, free healthcare, a universal guarantee of a living wage, etc. With an historic level of public debt topping $21 trillion and a deficit of nearly $1 trillion and projected to climb even more […]
David Kotok speaks with Bloomberg’s Tim Fox and Tom Keene Tune in around the 24:50 mark to hear David weigh in on the “bogeys for the next several years” and the view that the long party is over. He also talks about takeaways from Camp Kotok and Leen’s Lodge. Tune in at 20:22 to hear […]
David Kotok speaks with Bloomberg’s Tim Fox and Tom Keene David was asked, “Where are you within your portfolio: cash, bonds, equities?” David responds, “ Bonds, barbelled, that’s an easy one and we’ve been in that mode for a while and we’re going to stay there. In our Leveraged Volatility, that’s a high-frequency trading strategy, […]
Excerpt below. Politico asked for responses to CEA Chair Kevin Hassett appearing to spike the ball on tax cut-induced growth. David Kotok was among the top responses. Cumberland Advisors’ David Kotok: “There is TrumpHateconomics and TrumpLoveconomics. But both use political narrative for data so both are wrong on forecasts and long on hyperbole. In the […]
VITA stands for “Volunteer Income Tax Assistance.” There are additional specialized programs like it. The key to success of the new tax reform law is to have these programs used. Why? For folks like me, the cut in my taxes means I will have a few thousand more dollars to save or invest. It is […]
Excerpts of article below: The upcoming profit-reporting season could be a taxing one for anybody that owns stocks. Indeed, 401(k) investors better hope CEOs are as upbeat about their companies’ future earnings prospects as Wall Street is when they talk about results for the final quarter of 2017. The reason? Hopes are high. Perhaps too high. The historic tax bill signed […]
The GOP tax proposal cuts corporate taxes and eliminates key individual deductions. But we’re a long way from a final bill. By Randall W. Forsyth November 4, 2017 Excerpt below of John Mousseau’s comments to Barron’s. A subscription is required to read the full article. Finally, the tax bill would curb borrowing in the municipal-bond […]
