Ten Things Making Me Nervous

Sep 23, 2010 | Asia, Banking, Europe, Interest Rates, Monetary Theory, Taxes

If you look back at my 3rd Quarter Preview (here) I mentioned I forecast the 3rd quarter would be up. That’s proving to be a great move (if I do say so myself).

But what makes me nervous?

This article sums up a lot of my feelings.

Does that mean I’m bearish for the 4th Quarter?

I guess you’ll have to wait until my 4th Quarter preview in a couple of weeks to find out.

Click on this link for FULL  ARTICLE

 

Tax Cuts for Some, but AMT for All

Sep 15, 2010 | Taxes

President Obama came out this week in support of making the Bush tax rate cuts permanent for those making $250,000 or less.

Good move, and let’s see what happens in Congress with this hot potato.

Is anyone talking about Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)? No.

The AMT is scheduled to sunset too, and the Congressional Budget Office estimates the number of people this affects will jump from 4.5 million taxpayers to 27 million in 2011.

Click on these links to see a few tax cut articles.

 About Those Tax Increases for the “Rich”

Finally, Some Pragmatism from Obama