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Bob’s Journal for 11/27/19
Some Notable Events That Grabbed My Attention This Week I wish all my readers a Happy Thanksgiving. I completed this week’s Bob’s Journal a day early to accommodate the holiday. Stock investors certainly have a lot to be thankful for this year. The S&P 500 hit a record closing high on Nov. 1. In 12 […]
Bob’s Journal for 11/21/19
Some Notable Events That Grabbed My Attention This Week Prescription drug expenses absorb more and more of retirement income, but it’s not because medicine prices are soaring. There are a few well-publicized cases of significant increases in prescription drug prices, with insulin probably drawing the most attention. But in general, the price of medicine isn’t […]
Bob’s Journal for 11/14/19
Some Notable Events That Grabbed My Attention This Week President Trump announced that he and the First Lady have shifted their official state of residence to Florida. This news came hard on the heels of the October issue of Retirement Watch, which discussed the benefits of changing your state of residence or domicile and, more […]
Bob’s Journal for 11/7/19
Some Notable Events That Grabbed My Attention This Week The main part of earnings season is over, and there was good news and not-so-good news in the reports. The not-so-good news is that earnings are down from a year ago. All the data isn’t in, but it looks like overall earnings will be about 2.5% […]
Bob’s Journal for 10/31
Negative interest rates finally are hitting deposit accounts. Negative interest rates have been a fact in much of the developed world, especially in Europe and Japan, over the last few years. However, negative rates are concentrated in bonds, especially government bonds. Thus, banks have been hesitant to pass negative rates on to their customers, but […]
Bob’s Journal for 10/24/19
Some Notable Events That Grabbed My Attention This Week Earnings season is underway, and the early results are interesting. Most summaries point out that so far earnings and revenues have met or exceeded expectations. But they don’t point out how expectations have changed over the quarter. During the third quarter, expectations steadily declined, and corporations […]
Bob’s Journal 10/17
Social Security announced the inflation adjustments that will take effect on January 1, 2020. Retirement and disability benefits will increase by 1.6% because of the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). For those who are still working, the maximum amount of earnings subject to the Social Security tax will be $137,700. People who are working while receiving Social […]
Bob’s Journal for 10/10/19
Notable Events That Grabbed My Attention This Week Here are some things I came across in the last week that are likely to interest you. You can select stocks better than artificial intelligence can. I was at the Philadelphia MoneyShow last week and listened to a talk by Tom Sosnoff of tastytrade, an online brokerage […]
