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Are You Ready for “Taxmageddon”? 6 Alarming Tax Increases You Can Expect Next Year

June 29th, 2012

Don Miller: A slow moving train wreck known as “Taxmageddon” is creeping toward U.S. taxpayers.  You see, if Congress doesn’t act by year’s end, numerous tax breaks will expire — and hit every American taxpayer squarely in the wallet. Read more…

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Why A Debt Based Financial System Will Always Fail In The Long Run (GLD, SLV, UUP, UDN, XLF)

June 26th, 2012

Michael Snyder: How is money created?  If you ask average people on the street this question, most of them have absolutely no idea.  This is rather odd, because Read more…

NYSE:GLD, NYSE:SLV, NYSE:UDN, NYSE:UUP, NYSE:XLF

Are You Ready For “Taxmageddon”? (INDEXSP:.INX)

June 5th, 2012

Don Miller: A slow moving train wreck known as “Taxmageddon” is creeping toward U.S. taxpayers.  You see, if Congress doesn’t act by year’s end, numerous tax breaks will expire — and hit every American taxpayer squarely in the wallet. Read more…

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What Makes An ETF Tax Efficient? (SPY)

April 17th, 2012

ETF Base:  Exchange-traded fund investors know better than to ignore the cost of a particular investment in a portfolio. Most gravitate to ETFs for tax efficiency and low annual management fees Read more…

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Globalization, Inflation & Taxes: 3 Key Factors That Will Destroy The Middle Class

April 16th, 2012

Michael Snyder:  The middle class in America is being systematically wiped out, and most people don’t even realize what is happening.  Every single year, millions more Americans fall out of the middle class Read more…

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Current Tax Code: 24 Shocking Facts About Taxes In The United States (TZA, SDS, FAS, SKF, FAZ, XLF)

April 12th, 2012

Michael Snyder: The U.S. tax code is a complete and utter abomination and it needs to be thrown out entirely.  Nobody in their right mind would ever read the whole thing – it is over 3 million words long.  Each year, Americans spend billions of hours and hundreds of billions of dollars trying to comply with federal tax Read more…

NYSE:FAS, NYSE:FAZ, NYSE:SDS, NYSE:SKF, NYSE:TZA, NYSE:XLF

Covering ETF Tax Forms and Tax-Free Alternatives For Investors (PRB, SHM, TFI, MUB, PZA)

April 8th, 2012

Ron Rowland: April is here, which means warmer weather for most of us. Unfortunately, it also brings income tax time. Read more…

NYSE:MUB, NYSE:SHM, NYSE:TFI, PRB, PZA

One Of The Easiest Ways To Lower Your Investment Tax Bill (SPY, GLD, ABX, XOM, DIA)

December 28th, 2011

Andy Crowder: Investors rarely think about their tax bill while they’re buying – they conveniently forget all about the IRS until the end of the year – or even worse, they ignore taxes entirely until the eve of April 15th. Read more…

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A Better Tax Rate on Silver (GLD, SLV)

October 28th, 2011

Back in July, I covered a company called Royal Gold (Nasdaq:RGLD), and wrote about how it wasn’t an ordinary play on gold mining. By owning the mines and receiving royalties on the gold produced in those mines, Royal Gold bypassed the expensive overhead that a typical mining company would normally incur. In the process, it Read more…

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How To Get Better Tax Rates On Gold Investments

September 6th, 2011

Since its inception in 2004, the SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE:GLD) has attracted many average investors who want to capitalize on gold appreciation. It’s a great way to invest in gold at a cheaper rate and with no storage costs. But one thing many people don’t know is that SPDR Gold Trust and other precious metals ETFs are taxed as collectibles. This can lead to a tax rate as high as Read more…

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The New Global Gambling Hotspot That’s Set to Overtake Las Vegas (EWS, WYNN, RBS, LVS)

June 23rd, 2011

Jason Simpkins:  First it was Macau that leapfrogged Las Vegas as the No. 1 global gambling destination in 2006. Now another Asian powerhouse is set to push Sin City down to third on the list of global gambling hotspots. Read more…

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Invesco PowerShares Announces Zero Capital Gains Distributions for 2009 on 116 of 117 Funds

January 7th, 2010

invescopowershareslogoInvesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, a leading provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), today announced that 116 out of 117 of its ETFs paid zero capital gains distributions for 2009 Read more…

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Homebuilder ETF’s Are Down As Home Sales Fall After Five Consecutive Increases

October 28th, 2009

houseforsale“The Commerce Department has just shown a report that new home sales for the month of September turned south.  This may increase the call for that first time home buyer Read more…

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