With all the talk about the fiscal cliff, there’s little you can do about it. Sure, you can sell assets now and grab the 15% capital gain rate before it jumps to 23.8%. See Like A Jedi, Sell A Business, Real Estate Or Stock This Year. But you can’t get Congress or the President to act. What you can do is focus on your own taxes and on the most important form that will soon land in your mailbox, Form 1099. read »
In the headquarters of virtually every Chinese company is the wall of fame, where photos of visiting Communist cadre stack up in ascending rank. An inspection tour from a national leader serves as a calling card for private firms and a seal of approval for state enterprises. A reshuffle at the top means that old leaders eventually get taken down a peg or two, creating space for new political bosses. They don't come any higher than Xi Jinping, the newly-promoted general secretary of the party, which[...] read »
We've been asking ourselves this question. Would Mom be better off in a different community? My mother in law Alice, is now 90. She lives alone in a 2700 square foot home that she enjoys. It's in a retirement community with lots of amenities. But, you have to drive everywhere. She is a bit isolated unless she gets in the car. read »
For the past seven weeks, I’ve been counting down the ten most noteworthy tax cases of 2012. Here’s what you may have missed: read »
A Cancer Center has executives. The executives hold a position at a public company. If the executives form a representation of the Cancer Center, what would that portfolio look like? read »
Paraphrasing Franklin Delano Roosevelt (it would be swell to have him around to bring the Republicans in line), I came up with "The only thing you have to fear is debt itself." read »
After a decade of tight energy markets and rising commodity prices, the global economy is entering a new era marked by rising oil production at high prices. Yet, the prospects of U.S. energy independence, on the back of the “shale revolution,” a move toward cleaner energy, and slowing growth across the emerging world suggest longer-term oil prices should trend downwards. Going into 2013, crude oil will remain range-bound, with the potential to fall on sub-par global GDP growth and the prospects[...] read »
In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component HSN Inc (NASD: HSNI) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example Harman International Industries, Inc. (NYSE: HAR), according to The Online Investor. Click here to find out the top S&P 500 components ordered by average analyst rating » read »
In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Trimble Navigation Ltd. (NASD: TRMB) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF), according to The Online Investor. Click here to find out the top S&P 500 components ordered by average analyst rating » read »
In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component Advisory Board Company (NASD: ABCO) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. (NASD: RRD), according to The Online Investor. Click here to find out the top S&P 500 components ordered by average analyst rating » read »