by Harold Littlejohn | Jan 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
My intention in 2018 is to become an expert at the new tax law. From what I have learned, most of my clients will pay less tax under the new tax law. Generally, rates are lower. Deductions are higher, when considering that the new standard deductions of $12,000 single...
by Harold Littlejohn | Sep 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
Their credit rating could soon be considered “JUNK” status by the S&P rating agency. The “Land of Lincoln” is so deep in debt it barely could pass a budget. It had been three years since they had one! Now they are working on a 33% income...
by Harold Littlejohn | Feb 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Dow Industrial Index, main stream media’s favorite gauge to trumpet the heraldic news of economic recovery that they keep insisting is upon us, has hit 22,000, a very lofty level. But that is 22,000 in US federal reserve notes, a form of debt. What if we...
by Harold Littlejohn | Feb 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
POP! That’s the sound of the bond market bubble popping! Everyone who thinks their bond investments are safe hedges against the stocks in the other half of their portfolio might be in for a huge and very depressing surprise. The above chart, courtesy of igold,...
by Harold Littlejohn | Feb 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
I have felt for a long time that I have been reading “fake news.” I trust the mainstream media for traffic reports, baseball box scores and obituaries. But if it is a story that might be something important, can they really be believed? I mean, look at the...
by Harold Littlejohn | Feb 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
The surprise (to some) Brexit vote in June of 2016 followed by the surprise (to some) election of Donald Trump may be followed by some equally surprising elections in Europe this year. On March 15th the Netherlands will have a chance to shock the world again with...
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