As I am sure you know if you read this blog once in a while, at the end of this year the Bush Tax Cuts expire unless Congress votes to extend them and the President signs off on it. This isn’t the sure thing it was in 2010. Just remember that if the cuts expire, it won’t just be the wealthy who gets hit. Don’t worry it will be Taxes For All! See this article in Smart Money by BILL BISCHOFF and see what we really will be losing:http://www.smartmoney.com/taxes/income/how-the-expiring-bush-tax-cuts-affect-you/Remember, taxes for all may mean poverty for all.Call me at 818-317-6035 or email me at bstonercpa@sbcglobal.net and we can talk about it (even if we can’t do anything about it).Remember, You can count on us to count for you!
Is Now the Time to Buy Your First Home?
Here is the question everyone is asking – is it to buy your first home? You usually have to look at home prices vs the cost of home ownership – will interest rates go up? Will houses drop further in price? This article in the Wall Street Journal by Eric Lascelles, the chief economist at money-management firm RBC Global Asset Management Inc says it is a great time:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304299304577348083297932466.htmlIf you decide you want to make the plunge, check with the professionals in the resource section of my website. Ralph Gorgoglione, a great real estate broket and Joel Burlingame. a creative mortgage broker, can help with your dream of home ownership. Look them up here:https://briantstonercpa.com/Resources.htmlRemember, You can count on us to count for you!
Are We All JP Morgan Chase?
The JP Morgan CHase inesting disaster has started a lot of questions. One might be: Are we all JP Mortgan Chase? See this article by BRETT ARENDS that asks this very question about risk and depending on things we don’t really understand:http://www.smartmoney.com/invest/stocks/why-were-all-jp-morgan-now-1337029957952/?mg=com-smHow many more JP Margan Chase disasters could happen? Wasn’t the banking bubble a lot like this?Remember, You can count on us to count for you!