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I am always a bit curious when I read a cover story headline like the one on Kiplinger Magazine this month. It says 18 Ways To Earn 5% or More On Your Money. A lot of readers will make an assumption that goes along with that headline that they are talking about low-risk investments or no-risk savings products. After all, it doesn’t take a degree in advanced personal finance to know that there... Read more→
Whether or not now is a good time to invest in banks that are repaying their US government bailout dollars to the Treasury is an easy analysis to make, but a tricky question to answer. Which among banking stocks like JP Morgan ( JPM ), Goldman Sachs ( GS), Bank of New York / Mellon ( BK ), and Wells Fargo ( WFC ) are good stock market investments in this economic environment? For those large... Read more→
Muni Taxes Stay the Same
CommentsThe U.S. Supreme Court in a 7-2 decision upheld the central tenant of most state’s municipal bond [tag]tax[/tag] policy, specifically that a state can exempt it’s own muni bonds from taxes while taxing the interest on other state’s [tag]muni bonds[/tag]. So, nothing changes from before. If you live in California, the only way to avoid state tax on bond interest is to buy California... Read more→
Dodge & Cox Stock Fund
CommentsGreat Stock Fund Re-Opened One of my favorite mutual funds is the Dodge & Cox Stock Fund (DODGX). It’s performance is virtually flawless for its purpose (large cap stock). This isn’t some flashy hey-look-at-me mutual fund. In fact, this is exactly the kind of fund that people started questioning during the Internet bubble, and that is a good thing. Notice how it did not get... Read more→
