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Ten Economic Questions for 2025

Calculated Risk

We can assume the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) will be extended. Note: RI is mostly investment in new single-family structures, multifamily structures, home improvement and commissions on existing home sales. That larger tariffs will be imposed on some imports, and there will be some deregulation. in 2024 (around 2.6% Q4-over-Q4).

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Market Timing vs. Time in the Market

Zoe Financial

Looking at the same 1950-2017 period, but looking through the lens of five-year investment horizons, returns for the S&P 500 ranged from down 3% to up 28%. 3 It's Expensive Frequent trading and trying to time the market will rack up brokerage commission costs, particularly for smaller investors.

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Navigating the “One Big Beautiful Bill”

Tobias Financial

Regarding tax cuts, this bill would extend major provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which reduces tax rates among most income brackets, eliminates personal exemptions, and cuts corporate tax rates. This bill touches on three major areas: tax cuts, spending reductions, and artificial intelligence (AI) legislation.

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Transcript: Stephanie Kelton on US Fiscal Policy and the ‘Deficit Myth’

The Big Picture

So you end up teaching at the University of Missouri, Kansas City for 18 years, from 1999 to 2017. Barry Ritholtz : So what brought you in 2017 to my alma mater, SUNY Stony Brook. They were talking about, you know, what can we do with a commission to try to get the deficit down by $4 trillion at least, and all this sort of stuff.

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Tariff Trepidation

Tobias Financial

Beginning in 2017, the administration eyed China as a target and, by 2018, began imposing tariffs across a range of products. SEC registration does not constitute an endorsement of the firm by the Commission, nor does it indicate that the advisor has attained a particular level of skill or ability.

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: SEC charges crypto exchange Bittrex and former CEO with flouting securities laws

MarketWatch

Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday charged crypto trading platform Bittrex Inc. billion in revenue between 2017 and 2022 serving U.S. investors as a broker, exchange and clearing agency without registering these activities with the Commission, in violation of the law. The SEC alleged that Bittrex earned at least $1.3

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Top Movies & Shows for Financial Advisors to Watch

BlueMind

Deciding to chase after bigger commissions and targeting high net worth clients, he begins his own firm selling penny and IPO stocks. Although a work of fiction, this movie is based on very realistic “pump and dump” schemes carried out by advisors who love selling hard and earning high commissions. Boiler Room (2000). Cohen of S.A.C