May 20, 2009 
May 20, 2009
If it were to pass and become law,
recently proposed legislation would eliminate valuation discounts often used to reduce estate taxes on closely-held family entities like family limited partnerships.
May 20, 2009
Based on market history,we must expect the recent high market volatility to continue into 2009, but that doesn't mean that the recent poor returns necessarily will continue.
May 20, 2009
Lots of people worry that the Obama administration and the Democratic majority in Congress are going to “Europeanize” America, turning it into a Socialist state. Is this a good reason to sell stocks now?
May 20, 2009
Does it make sense to have a majority of your portfolio in U.S. stocks? The U.S. is the greatest country in the world, right? Well, I think it is, but a
global view does have its benefits...
May 20, 2009
The world is ending, right? Well, maybe not...
May 20, 2009
Increasingly I find myself fielding questions about investing in gold. Gold has gone up so much, so fast lately – and it has been about the only thing that has gone up – why not invest in gold?
May 20, 2009
Is buy-and-hold investing dead? Lately the popular press thinks so. In a recent cover story Newsweek said the stock market was no higher in 1982, that in 1965. Interesting article! Too bad that the article ignores the facts….
May 20, 2009
Labor union membership has fallen from 28% of total employment in 1954, to only 11% today. Two of the best economic and legal minds today, Professor Gary Becker and Judge Richard Posner, argue that union membership will continue to decline whether or not the Obama administration supports unions.
May 20, 2009
Sure, the stock markets have always come back before, but it’s different this time, right?
Click here for a video offering perspective on the unpredictability of the stock market.
