I briefly mentioned in this post that the -25% real return for bonds for 2022 was the worst in history and the past two years have also been the worst in since 1926. I provide more detail and perspective in this post as to how

Last week I decided to test run TurboTax to file my 2022 tax returns. I was lured by Fidelity’s offer of FREE federal and state tax return. I completed all the entries into TurboTax this week, and this post recounts my experience: it took me

I’ve had a local tax preparation firm prepare my tax return for many years. As I think about it, I pay them A LOT relative to our investment costs. I’m going to complete my return in TurboTax this year. I’ll see how it goes. I

Today we got the second set of measures of inflation for December: the data of Personal Consumption Expenditures – the measure favored by the Federal Reserve. I show two graphs of the trends. One shows the last six months have been at an annual rate

The math that uses the long-run average of 7.1% annual real return for stocks says stocks should double in real spending power roughly every ten years. 2022 was the fifth worst return year for stocks in my life time: decline of -23% real return. Does