Economy
2009 Richest Counties in America
I was a little surprised to learn that my home county, Howard County, MD, was the third richest county by median income based on 2008 data released by the American Community Survey. I always knew Howard County was one of the more affluent areas in Maryland but I figured that it wouldn’t stand a chance [...]
If the economy grows, do my stocks go up as well?
Kevin O’Leary, host of the television show Dragon’s Den and Shark Tank, is a screaming head who never a person he couldn’t talk over. Having said that, he should be admired as a canny entrepreneur and for understanding and exploiting the modern media game well- scream first, scream loud and scream last; it will get [...]
New Car Sales & Excise Tax Deduction
If you bought a car between February 16, 2009 and January 1, 2010 (non-inclusive), and you paid a sales tax or excise tax, you may be able to deduct it from your income taxes. This was one of the provisions of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The car, light truck, or motorcycle has [...]
What is a Highly Compensated Employee?
Are you a highly compensated employee? No matter what you make, you probably don’t feel like a highly compensated employee (what’s that old saying – happiness is making a dollar more than you’re wife’s sister’s husband? ), but you might just be one. Whether or not you’re a highly compensated employee has an impact on [...]
Value stocks are getting harder to find
One of the things I do at Alert HQ is scan the Trend Leaders list for stocks that not over-valued. I use a simple screen to identify those stocks that, while trending strongly upward, are showing what I call “reasonable value.” Here are the criteria used for my reasonable value determination: PE between 0 and [...]
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