Let’s start with the good news related to the domestic real estate market as a whole. According to the CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-City Composite Index, real estate prices increased 5.25% in May year-over-year. The bad news is that this was versus an expected 5.7% gain as well as a higher 5.4% gain in April. Breaking that…
Day: October 13, 2016
A Few Ways to Pay Less in Taxes and Save Money
If you’re like a majority of Americans, you may be looking for new, creative ways to ease your annual tax burden. Fortunately, there are several things you can do to cut your taxes or increase the amount of your tax refund without incurring the wrath of the IRS. Tax credits and allowable deductions come and…
Things I’ve Learned about Investing and Business
“Start-ups aren’t an object. They’re successful because of the people behind them.” Great people, fertile markets, significant innovation are the three key elements in any successful business. What a venture capitalist wants to find in a founder is a certain sort of person. These founders are not identical, but do share certain attributes. One of…
The Dangers Of Over-Diversifying Your Portfolio
Everyone knows perfectly well that the financial experts expound on the benefits of diversification, and it’s not just talk; a personal stock portfolio must be diversified to some degree lessen the inherent risk of obtaining only one or one kind of stock. But here we’ll show you how investors also tend to become overdiversified and…