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Transcript: Steve Laipply, Global Co-Head of Bond ETFs at BlackRock

The Big Picture

00:36:56 [Speaker Changed] And just to put some specifics on this, when, when we look at the broad economic consensus about tariffs, they’re generally perceived as inflationary, sort of a giant vat tax on consumers. If you’re in a high tax state, how are you looking at the muni markets these days? Not two, right?

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Transcript: Apollo’s Torsten Slok

The Big Picture

That’s why marginal tax rates in Denmark are 55%. Barry Ritholtz : But you left before you had to pay those 55% tax rates. And this was in 2005. So we moved our family over here from Paris in 2005. And who by the way, also have a PhD in economics because they were the ones who got me into de bank starting in 2005.

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Question #1 for 2023: How much will the economy grow in 2023? Will there be a recession in 2023?

Calculated Risk

Also note that the sharp decline in 2010 was related to the housing tax credit policy in 2009 - and was just a continuation of the housing bust. Here is a table of the annual change in real GDP since 2005. Real GDP Growth Year Annual GDP Q4 / Q4 2005 3.5% I ignored that pandemic distortion. For 2022, I used a 2.6% 2008 0.1% -2.5%

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Health Savings Accounts – The Other Retirement Plan

The Chicago Financial Planner

The estimate was $190,000 in their 2005 survey. The money goes into the account on a pre-tax basis much like a traditional 401(k) or IRA. This is a great opportunity for those who earn too much to make pre-tax contributions to a traditional IRA. A portion of the premiums for a tax-qualified long-term care policy.

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Question #1 for 2024: How much will the economy grow in 2024? Will there be a recession in 2024?

Calculated Risk

Also note that the sharp decline in 2010 was related to the housing tax credit policy in 2009 - and was just a continuation of the housing bust. Here is a table of the annual change in real GDP since 2005. Real GDP Growth Year Annual GDP Q4 / Q4 2005 3.5% For 2023, I used a 2.6% growth rate Q4 over Q4. this gives 2.4%

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History of the Individual Retirement Arrangement (IRA history)

Getting Your Financial Ducks In A Row

This original IRA was not deductible from income for tax purposes, and the annual contribution limit was the lesser of $1,500 or 15% of household income. The Economic Recovery Tax Act (ERTA) of 1981 allowed for the IRA to become universally available as a savings incentive to all workers under age 70 1/2. billion by 1981.

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Twenty Years Of Blogging! Part 1

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

Eddy Elfenbein and Cullen Roche came a long shortly after me, sometime in 2005 I believe and Tadas Viskanta from Abnormal Returns also started in 2005. I started to contribute posts to them in 2005, the first article there was about TIPS ETFs. The first one was writing for TheStreet.com from 2005 to early 2014.