Demystified Blog Archive #48 – Create Permanent Tax Savings #1
Wednesday, August 29
If we look at the larger companies that make up the S&P 500 index, the current ‘CAPE ratio’ is now the second highest on record.‘CAPE’ stands for ‘cyclically-adjusted price/earnings ratio’.Essentially it refers to how much investors are willing to pay for shares of a company, relative to the ...
Demystified Blog Archive #47 – Reduce your taxes with entities
Tuesday, August 21
One thing we know for certain is that all markets move in cycles. There are always ups and downs, booms and busts. Tough times always follow the good.And, at 3,446 day, within a week of the all-time record, this bull market is clearly very late in its cycle.The nature of this particular bull mark...
Demystified Blog Archive #46 – Increase Your Cash Flow
Monday, August 13
In a world full of reckless and extreme monetary policy, Japan no doubt takes the cake.The country has total debt of more than 1 quadrillion yen (around $10 trillion) pushing its debt-to-GDP ratio to a whopping 224%.Greece, on the other hand, has a debt-to-GDP is around 180%. Japan spent 24.1% of...
Demystified Blog Archive #45 – This is what can happen when you turn o
Monday, August 06
Like a lot of major cities in the United States, Philadelphia is in pretty rough financial condition.One of the city’s biggest problems is its woefully underfunded public pension, which has a multi-billion dollar funding gap.In 2001, Philadelphia’s pension fund was still in decent shape with a fu...
Demystified Blog Archive #44 – We Love Tax Options
Sunday, July 29
Last week, the Office of Management and Budget released the “Mid-Session Review” of the US federal budget.The last government budget update was released in February. And according to the February budget update, the government’s deficit for this fiscal year was going to be a whopping $873 billion....
Demystified Blog Archive #43 - What is Your Tax Strategy?
Wednesday, July 18
About two and a half years ago, President Obama quietly signed into law a piece of legislation towards the end of his administration.They called it the “FAST Act,” which stood for Fixing America’s Surface Transportation. Section 32101 of the FAST Act required the US State Department to revoke or ...