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This week’s digest offers tips to trim your income tax bill, examines why fund managers have been selling stocks lately, and looks a the threat to U.S. housing prices from lingering real-estate bubble mortgages. Plus, a quiz to build your retirement-savings knowledge, and why the new 1040 tax form is still a taxing proposition.
— Jonathan Burton
INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS Why out-of-control bubble-era mortgages still threaten to smash major U.S. housing markets
Cash-out refinancing fallout could sink home prices.
Why out-of-control bubble-era mortgages still threaten to smash major U.S. housing markets
6 things to do throughout the year to reduce the taxes you owe
Here are some maneuvers that are especially useful at the end of the year.
6 things to do throughout the year to reduce the taxes you owe
Fund managers dump stocks, buy into ‘secular stagnation’ theory: BofA Merril Lynch
Fund managers allocated less to stocks than at any time since Sept. 2016
Fund managers dump stocks, buy into ‘secular stagnation’ theory: BofA Merril Lynch
Powell’s Fed seems to be ready to junk the dot plot
The Federal Reserve is likely to pause rate hikes through 2019, write Ed Yardeni and Melissa Tagg.
Powell’s Fed seems to be ready to junk the dot plot
Want more millennial investors? 5 ways to speak their language
The average financial adviser is 50, while the average millennial is only 30. But this gap shouldn’t keep an entire generation from the advice they need.
Want more millennial investors? 5 ways to speak their language
Most people (of all ages) failed this retirement quiz — here are the answers
Knowing this can make a big difference in your lifetime wealth.
Most people (of all ages) failed this retirement quiz — here are the answers
The new form 1040 could vastly simplify your life — or not
The good news: The new 1040 form is the size of a postcard, and if your tax situation is super simple, that’s all you’ll need to fill out. The bad news: It’s probably not that simple, and that means the new Form 1040 is just different, not better.
The new form 1040 could vastly simplify your life - or not
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