As much as we might all like to put it off further, it’s getting to be time to pull together our various documents and prepare our tax returns for 2015. You probably already have a fair number of forms — student loan and mortgage loan interest statements were generally made…
It’s official – that was a lousy week on the American stock markets. In fact, this past week was the worst first week of a new year for the Dow Jones average ever. What happened, and what does it mean? Are those storm clouds gathering? As is so often the…
The news is full of stories about Greece’s debt default, their “no” vote on an important referendum, and the chances of their exit from the European Union / “Eurozone”. The New Yorker has a pretty good example, with some significant commentary. Because this situation is unusual, neither the pundits nor…
In last week’s post, I took a look back at 2014. While many Americans were worried that the economy and the markets were in terrible shape, things were actually … pretty darn good. Economic activity was strong, unemployment declined, the US markets were up, and we made some significant progress…