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ON FEBRUARY 20th the "Eurogroup"—the finance ministers of the 19 countries that use the euro—will meet in Brussels for the third time in ten days to try to find a way out of the Greek crisis. The mood is poisonous: on February 19th Germany unexpectedly rejected a proposal by… Read entire story.
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Dividend distributions from mutual funds and ETFs are either qualified or non-qualified, and the difference could have you paying double the taxes. Qualified dividends are taxed at the lower long-term capital gains rate, which varies from 0{04524d497bea0ade6defd1388b5c9b25998d95475e2938b4fa9d615e63ad1540} to 20{04524d497bea0ade6defd1388b5c9b25998d95475e2938b4fa9d615e63ad1540}. Non-qualified dividends are taxed at ordinary income rates, …
Last month, a poll commissioned by the Financial Times found that people trusted Kamala Harris more on the economy than her felony-convicted opponent. To be fair, that poll was something of an outlier — at least until last week, when a USA Today/Suffolk poll also shows Harris’ numbers much improved … This post was originally […]
No sector of the market has been harder hit in the last several days than the Energy sector, and with its decline, the list of new 52-week lows has been steadily expanding. In Wednesday’s trading, 42{04524d497bea0ade6defd1388b5c9b25998d95475e2938b4fa9d615e63ad1540} of the stocks in the S&P 500 Energy sector hit 52-week lows. As shown …