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MiB: Gretchen Morgenson on Private Equity

The Big Picture

They also wrote the 2011 bestseller “ Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon ,” about the mortgage crisis. We discuss the Carried Interest tax loophole, a tax dodge that benefits a few 1000 people in the country but cost U.S. taxpayers 180 billion dollars per decade.

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10 Sunday Reads

The Big Picture

We collect a much smaller share of our GDP in taxes every year. ( New York Times ) • Justice Thomas Ethics Review Questioned by US Court Leader in 2012 : Thomas faced complaints in 2011 over reporting wife’s income Judiciary leadership member objected to lack of information.

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The Power Of Owning Something That Frequently Goes Down In Price

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

The managed futures blends' worst years in this study were 2011 when they were down slightly versus up 4.31% for VBAIX and 2018 when they were down 5.5%-6% I don't discount having been lucky to have found RYMFX pretty much right after it started trading and for selling it some time in 2011. 6% while VBAIX was down 2.84%.

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The Challenges Of Being A Long Term Investor

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

I've owned this stock for clients going back to at least 2011. They are not intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice or a recommended course of action in any given situation. I added in price levels of a few peaks along with subsequent declines.

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Transcript: Gary Cohn

The Big Picture

We dive deep into all sorts of things about running businesses, managing risk, and then when we began talking about his public sector service, we went deep into the Tax Cuts and Job Act of 2017. And by the middle of December we’re already starting to talk about taxes. We know that we want to get tax done.

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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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The Fed on "Possible Macroeconomic Effects of a Temporary Federal Debt Default"

Calculated Risk

o Currently, an extremely large portion of federal government spending is funded through borrowing (in part because tax payments are concentrated in other months). As Senator Mitch McConnell noted in 2011, if the debt ceiling isn't raised the "Republican brand" would become toxic and synonymous with fiscal irresponsibility.