Taxes Made Easy: Everything You Need to Know (and Avoid) personal finance taxes Oct 22, 2024

Here is an overview of how taxes work in the US – from tax withholdings to filing by April 15th. This will help you understand how much you’ve paid and why you’re either receiving a refund or owing additional taxes.

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Who is Winning in the AI Race? ai investing markets Jul 06, 2024

Let’s analyze who is benefitting from AI today. It is clear that AI is revolutionary and will be here to stay. There winners though, aren’t completely clear.

 

Nvidia, which supplies GPUs (graphics processing unit) that power...

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The Death of Traditional Retail? ecommerce finance markets retail Nov 11, 2023

The Rise of Ecommerce

There is no question that the rise of ecommerce and the likes of Amazon have changed the way consumers shop. Online stores have a huge advantage in fixed rent costs as their dollar per square foot is much lower. Fulfillment...

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What Goes Into A Stock Price? Thoughts Post SVB's Bank Failure banking finance investing markets stock price valuation May 06, 2023

This post may be more useful after reading SVB’s bank collapse post for context (blog posted 4/1/23). It’s interesting to see when one company’s stock falls to drag down an entire sector. In this type of instance, either the...

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Why Did Silicon Valley Bank Fail? finance markets silicon valley bank svb Apr 01, 2023

What happened to Silicon Valley Bank? Summary below!

 

Question: Why does the Silicon Valley Bank failure matter?

Answer: It is the second largest bank failure in US banking history based on deposits (by assets its #3 behind First Republic...

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