#254: Some Great Tax Tips from Jean Chatsky

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#253: U-turn For the Car Industry

A great segment from CBS Sunday Morning showing the importance of committing to both managing costs and maintaining quality as key to the recovery being experience by the U.S. auto industry. Also provides great examples of agility/lean production and commitment to providing products customers want!

#252: Capital Gains Tax Rates - Good or Bad?

Click on the segment title above to read a transcript of a segment on NPR's All Things Considered discussing Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's self-disclosed AVERAGE tax rate. You can also find a link to the audio for this segment here. Keep in mind that for a wealthy man like Romney, his AVERAGE rate and his MARGINAL rate are two different things. The preferential rates for capital gains (and currently for dividends under the Bush tax cuts) are controversial and have been for many years. I think we should all give it some thought. For example, while I agree with Warren Buffett that the rich should pay more in taxes, I want my retirement income to be taxed at the lower capital gains rates when the time comes. Hard to have it both ways, isn't it?

#251: Groupon - Accounting Trickery?

While Groupon had a very successful IPO, they've come under fire for unconventional accounting practices. Watch and learn!

#250: Follow Up to #249

NBC follows up on the videos in #249 in case you are "late to the party" with regard to retirement savings. Great advice! Note particularly the percentage figures needed for retirement savings in each decade.

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#249 Retirement Readjustment

Some advice for the non-traditional student who will be thinking of retirement in the next 5-15 years.

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