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Quick Comments/What We’re Reading
April 7, 2020
Today's topics include the Fed's latest facility to help the small business loan program, the market's crazy swings, more on share buybacks, the effect of Fed purchases, 73% in U.S. affected by reduced income, the rise of fallen angels, a history of yield curve control, and how long until dividends return to pre-COVID levels?
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April 7, 2020
Conference Calls
Preparing for a Post-Virus World
April 6, 2020
A replay of our April 7, 2020 conference call
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Why Aren’t Treasury Yields Plummeting on Fed Purchases?
April 6, 2020
Something extraordinary is happening in the Treasury market and few really seem to understand it. The Fed bought $1 trillion of bonds in the last three weeks and bond yields have barely budged. Why?
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Q1 2020 Earnings Season – Still Pretending
April 6, 2020
Earnings season starts next week. Analysts downgraded their estimates again last week, but they still think this is "just another bad quarter" and expect earnings to rebound and show a profit by year-end.
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Quick Comments/What We’re Reading
April 6, 2020
Today's topics include betting on the Fed, freeing up money by easing capital requirements, share buybacks, regulatory constraints on small business loan program, timing the economic loss and potential recovery, the growth in the Fed's balance sheet, a cost benefit analysis on layoffs, mortgage backed securities, not all target date funds are the same, and the OPEC crude oil conflict continues.
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April 6, 2020
Charts of the Week
A History of the Highest & Lowest Tax Brackets
April 3, 2020
A historical look at the highest and lowest tax brackets since 1913
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A Look at the U.S. Government’s Sources of Income
April 3, 2020
How have the different forms of taxes funded the U.S. government throughout the years?
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Which AGI Groups Create the Most Income Tax Revenue?
April 3, 2020
The highest earners may pay income tax rates that are almost double that of the average American, but the largest chunk of income tax revenue collected by the IRS comes from households earning between $100K and $200K.
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Tax Rates as a Percent of AGI
April 3, 2020
The average taxpayer in the U.S. paid 14.01% on their adjusted gross income between 2001 and 2016.