
The Growth Illusion
The Growth Illusion
US Investors Are Living In A Truman Show
Leveraged Equity Buyout America (LEBA) rewards the few at the expense of the many through a persistent private sector
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The Growth Illusion
US Investors Are Living In A Truman Show
Leveraged Equity Buyout America (LEBA) rewards the few at the expense of the many through a persistent private sector

Financial values reflect excessive debt and leverage induced by reckless policy. Debt for equity finance is everywhere you look. Persistent and relentless policy support for the stock market has created

Global Bonds Signal Confidence Collapse In Policy. Bonds Trigger Risks For Banks, Credit And Equity Markets. Never before have investors been so committed and leveraged to a 10 year expected

Probably the biggest expense item of your lifetime is taxes. While tax returns are a requirement, by far the most important part of dealing with your taxes is tax planning

The disassociation between US equity market behavior and earnings is unprecedented. There is no history of declining GAAP earnings with the biggest and most leveraged equity bull market in history.

Surprisingly, few investors understand how to optimally assess their performance or align their investment practice and objectives appropriately to the most optimal investment approach, which is compounding.
Whether your

For most retirees “The American Dream” has become unaffordable.
With policy distorting markets and becoming increasingly unstable managing investment risk, while optimizing a retirement and tax plan requires the

Launching CCB Tax Pros has evolved by extending my service from Investment Management, to Financial Planning, to becoming an IRMAA certified planner, to the next logical extension which is tax returns and

US investors have generally failed to understand the appropriate allocation of gold in their own portfolios. This could be a major problem going forward.

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