Do you owe Gift Tax? Most people aren’t even aware a Gift Tax actually exists! Well, for simplistic purposes, gift tax is a tax placed on any gifts, which you have given to someone while you are still living. Even though you are allowed to give any amount b/w spouses with no gift tax affects, there is a current annual …
Bulls Continue To Stampede
While it certainly wasn’t as convincing as Alabama’s victory over the Duke football team this past weekend, the stock market ‘bulls’ continued to stampede ahead this past week as all the major indexes finished higher. This bullish train continues to chug down the track in a month that most pundits said would most likely be very tough for stocks to …
September Rally Continues
Who said September is the scariest month for the markets? Out of the seven trading days of the month so far, six have been positive. Stocks have moved out of their August doldrums and have moved steadily higher in September thanks to a series of encouraging signals on the strength of the U.S. economy. The latest came this past Friday …
A Labor Day Bounce Back
What a difference a month makes! Stocks snapped back from a dismal August, and over the course of the first three days of September all the major equity indexes picked up solid ground just when the markets were looking at a ‘fourth and long’ situation. (This in honor of the beginning of the collegiate football season.) First, consider the damage …