Fifteen states will hold sales tax holidays this year, says the Tax Foundation. While retail sales do go up during the holiday, the Tax Foundation says that retail sales for the year do not. Consumers don't spend more; they just time their...
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Government officials and investors of all kinds over different epochs have hated short sellers. Peter Lynch, the great Fido fund manager, likened it to "borrowing with criminal intent." Napoleon called citizens who were shorting French government...
A former financial advisor sues Citigroup, arguing that he shouldn't have to pay back his signing bonus all at once. http://bit.ly/ngKwb
Bet you didn’t know that there is a provision in the tax code that allows Ponzi victims to deduct (called the theft loss deduction) 95 percent of their net investment losses the year the theft is discovered. See AccountingWeb.com.
RT @Fiduciary360: fi360's Fausti looks at how the #fiduciary standard would affect b/ds in RegisteredRep magazine: http://bit.ly/Uizhp
Market timing: Fool's errand or prudent strategy? My how a bear market can change orthodoxy. http://bit.ly/eO7lC
UBS settles with U.S. gub'ment re suspected tax evading American clients. Will UBS actually name names? http://bit.ly/2apftM