Payroll Tax Holiday: Pay Me Now Or Pay Me Later
The deferral plan allows workers who earn less than $4,000 per 2 week pay period, or $104,000 per year, to stop paying their share of Social Security taxes for the rest of the year, and make up the shortfall through higher withholding between January and April of 2021.
Weaker Dollar Ahead: Implications For Investors
This relative decline in the value of the Dollar has negative implications for American families in terms of purchasing power. But for US investors heavily weighted toward domestic stocks, now may finally be the time to increase exposure to foreign equities.
Stock Splits Are A Sucker’s Play – But They Still Work
On July 30, Apple announced a move it hadn’t made since 2014: it announced a 4 for 1 stock split. Given the dramatically different investing
The Golden Bubble
The price of gold has been on a tear this year, reaching new all-time highs despite the economic damage to the world economy from the pandemic. Investors have long viewed gold as a hedge against inflation and a haven from uncertainty. Problem is, it just ain’t so.
Keep The Change
First it was toilet paper. Then milk and eggs. Now the coronavirus has taken dead aim at the Tooth Fairy by manifesting another critical shortage: coins.
Housing Market One Of The Bright Spots, So Far
Despite the rise in coronavirus cases in June, there was some good economic news. Sales of existing homes in the US surged by 20.7% compared with the previous month.
