The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 lowered individual income tax rates over a five-year period, raised the alternative minimum tax exemption amount and provided for the eventual repeal of the phase-out of the personal exemption and ...

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They are Wall Street’s “seers,” its stock market soothsayers. They have the lofty title of “Chief Market Strategist” or the like and the six or seven figure salary to go with it. Their thankless job as each new year dawns ...

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They are Wall Street’s “seers,” its stock market soothsayers. They have the lofty title of “Chief Market Strategist” or the like and the six or seven figure salary to go with it. Their thankless job as each new year dawns ...

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There is growing evidence that the weakness in the U.S. economy is starting to ease. The latest data on improvements in consumer confidence, durable good orders and industrial activity suggest that the recession may soon be over. The consumers are ...

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There is growing evidence that the weakness in the U.S. economy is starting to ease. The latest data on improvements in consumer confidence, durable good orders and industrial activity suggest that the recession may soon be over. The consumers are ...

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For the last two years my best bets for the calendar years were not stocks. They were bonds.My best bets for 2000 produced +16.27 percent and +15.18 percent returns respectively. For 2001 (as of December 28, 2001) this year’s best ...

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For the last two years my best bets for the calendar years were not stocks. They were bonds.My best bets for 2000 produced +16.27 percent and +15.18 percent returns respectively. For 2001 (as of December 28, 2001) this year’s best ...

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When the Association For Investment Management and Research Board adopted the new AIMR-PPS standards in May of 2001, the U.S. and Canadian version of the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS), the Board’s action marked the culmination of an effort to ...

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When the Association For Investment Management and Research Board adopted the new AIMR-PPS standards in May of 2001, the U.S. and Canadian version of the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS), the Board’s action marked the culmination of an effort to ...

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“Is this a good time to be in the stock market∴” This is one of the most common questions any investment advisor hears from clients. Usually, behind this question is a belief that short-term movements in the stock market can ...

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“Is this a good time to be in the stock market≠” This is one of the most common questions any investment advisor hears from clients. Usually, behind this question is a belief that short-term movements in the stock market can ...

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Through the end of November the stock market was negative for the year. This is the second down year in a row, something that last happened in 1973-1974. Are we headed for more gloom and doom? What should investors do ...

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