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The Greatest Missed Opportunity of Our Lifetimes

The Big Picture

Your grandchildren will blame the toxic combination of incompetency and ideology for the massively increased carrying costs of unfunded spending and tax cuts. Note that we undertook much of the work anyway (airports, electrical grid, roads, etc.), just decades later at a much greater cost. All simply unnecessary.

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Catastrophizing Debt

The Big Picture

Sorry, but “fake it till you make it” seems like a poor plan for thinking about the future… Previously : Time to Stop Believing Deficit B t (September 3, 2021) Stimulus, More Stimulus and Taxes (January 25, 2021) Cost of Financing US Deficits Falls (December 18, 2020) Can We Please Have an Honest Debate About Tax Policy?

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The “Art” of Market Timing

The Big Picture

This is before we get to the issue of capital gains taxes, which create a hurdle of (minimum) 20% on those pesky profits just to get to breakeven. 24, 2023 _ 1: In particular, why average outperforms over the long run; Sommers credits not making errors (via Charlie Ellis’ “Winning the Loser’s Game”) but the nuance and math are fascinating.

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What To Do When The Bitcoin Math Doesn't Math

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

First, is the math right based on my numbers? I didn't want to backtest too far back because Bitcoin had massive gains in 2017 and 2020 that might not be repeatable. They are not intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice or a recommended course of action in any given situation.

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It's All Relative

Brown Advisory

MUNICIPALS AND RISING RATES Simple math dictates that when yields rise, fixed-rate bond prices fall. The tax-exempt status of municipal bond income has helped to mitigate price erosion when rates rise, as each dollar of interest earned from a municipal bond is worth more to many buyers than a dollar of taxable income.

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It's All Relative

Brown Advisory

Simple math dictates that when yields rise, fixed-rate bond prices fall. The tax-exempt status of municipal bond income has helped to mitigate price erosion when rates rise, as each dollar of interest earned from a municipal bond is worth more to many buyers than a dollar of taxable income. MUNICIPALS AND RISING RATES.

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2018 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting

Brown Advisory

In the last 10 years (2008 through 2017), Berkshire’s shareholders’ equity per share and share price grew at 10.5% Berkshire’s book value growth is after tax, while the S&P Index return is pretax. Insurance operations in total contributed $60 billion, or about 25% of Berkshire’s $242 billion revenue in 2017. equity market.

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