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Does anyone have any insight into whether the new 3.8% tax on investment income would apply to municipal bond interest?? I asked the question on the Vanguard forum and the thread was closed because it was deemed (no pun intended) to be too political.

Profile of NYU Economist Roubini - Portfolio.com It’s Saturday night. A stream of young fashionistas and other assorted Manhattan scenesters pours into a fashionable Tribeca building. They’re all headed for the loft of a middle-aged economist—a man whose name would hardly have registered with...

Good news for those with longer time horizons. http://finance.yahoo.com/retirement/article/106754/Huge-Generational-Opportunity-Now A combination of factors is responsible for the woes of the last 40 years, but one thing has been consistent. When we find ourselves at historic market lows...

My favorite part of the article: Wall Street equity strategists lost credibility last year when none predicted a down year and the average forecast was for a gain of 11 percent, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The stock index plunged 38 percent, the steepest decline since the Great...

My apologies if this topic has been covered before. I have been hearing some very dire predictions of where the market might find a bottom and I've been wondering about the real-life implications. Say, as some have predicted, the S&P 500 falls to 150; is the impact primarily to the "investment...

Deductions for Wealthy May Stand - WSJ.com Mr. Obama in his budget blueprint last week proposed a cap on itemized deductions for mortgage interest and charitable donations to help pay for his health-care overhaul. The plan would cost wealthier taxpayers about $318 billion in new taxes over 10...

Watch Out for "Sucker Rallies" - WSJ.com Wall Street needs a new road sign. "Caution: Sucker Rallies Ahead." Plenty of very smart people are wondering right now if we are due a very big rally. And maybe they are right. It is certainly true that there are an incredible number of bargains...

I've spent the past 13 months arguing with people that the ecomonic outlook was not as bad as it was being depicted by the media and how, in any event, the market is efficient and the bad news was therefore being priced in. Obviously I was wrong. I therefore owe apologies to Messrs Schiff...

Hi; new to the forum and hoping to get some perspective from more seasoned investors. While I did live through the collapse of the dot com bubble, I don't recall the media hyperbole being as over the top as it is now. Lots of comparisons to the 1930s and inferences that "it is different this...

Hi. I am a very long-time lurker that is coming out of the closet. I'm 46 YO with a wife and 2 kids and will probably be hanging up my cleats in about 18 mos. Having grown up with very little, I feel very fortunate (and humbled) to have done well financially. A lifetime of saving, investing, and...