Monthly Archives: December, 2015
The Monday Melee: Saudis Push Oil Prices Further Down
Lowest Prices in Seven Years
NPR reports that after Saudi Arabia told other oil producers it wasn't planning to cut production at an OPEC meeting, prices...
Recession Risk: Will Higher Rates Kill Growth?
With the odds of a rate hike at the Fed’s December meeting now approaching 75%, we are picking up chatter about the Fed making a...
Does Your State have Creeping Tax Brackets?
If your state isn't indexing its tax brackets to inflation, you could find yourself paying a higher rate even though you're not any higher...
This is Why Economic Policy Keeps Getting Worse
Noah Smith wrote a piece last week for Bloomberg View titled Most of What you Learned in Econ 101 is Wrong. Noah is a...
Your Best Bond vs Stock Portfolio Balance
In the November issue of Intelligence Report, Dick Young advised investors that his primary motivation is keeping them out of trouble.
My focus, first and...