This week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for March 2024. It was only slightly higher than analysts had been expecting, 0.4% for the month, but you would have thought…
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The end of tax season is quickly approaching. Spring is in full swing, summer is just around the corner and everyone is ready to wrap up the 2023 tax season. However, implementing one or more of…
This morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released “The Employment Situation – March 2024.” In it, the BLS estimated the U.S. economy created 303K net, new payroll jobs last month. This was higher than analysts…
I am currently reading Daniel Defoe’s 1722 novel A Journal of the Plague Year. It is a fictionalized account of the bubonic plague outbreak in London which reached its peak in 1665. These days, it is…
Congratulations! Getting married is a monumental step in life. It is not only a union of two individuals, but the bringing together of two sets of finances. While love might be the foundation of that union,…
This week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced that the Consumer Price Index (CPI), a primary inflation gauge, increased 0.4% during February 2024. Over the last 12-months, it is 3.2% higher. My first reaction was…
Yesterday, I had lunch at a Thai restaurant with a classmate of mine from high school. To say this guy is smart would be a massive understatement and do him a great disservice in the process.…
If I were in the Biden Administration, I would be pretty confused by the disconnect between the economic data and the general public’s perception of it. After all, the stock market has been rocking along nicely.…
What is the Corporate Transparency Act? Enacted in 2021, the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) became effective on January 1, 2024 and requires certain entities to file additional reports with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Hefty…
Arguably, the biggest story this past week was NVIDIA Corporation’s (NVDA) most recent earnings report. While it was true the economic calendar was pretty light, investors were anxious to see how the company fared last quarter.…