Sep 29, 2019
No one likes paying capital gains tax (although better than losses). Yet what if you were paying on gains only due to inflation where your purchasing power didn’t grow? Recently some U.S. Senators wrote a letter to the Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin urging him to consider indexing capital gains for inflation. What...
Sep 22, 2019
Debit and deficits continue to be in the news. This includes funding levels for public state pensions. But what does it mean to be underfunded or overfunded? What discount rate or investment return assumptions are they using and are they realistic? Derek Moore discusses and simplifies what makes up this discussion and...
Sep 15, 2019
It seems like lately there has been more an more talk about interest rates moving closer to zero in the U.S. So which bonds will move the most when rates move lower (or higher)? Derek talks through various types of bonds and how they are different plus see how to tell how much a change in rates can hurt or...
Sep 8, 2019
Companies can issue debt via bonds to raise capital. But how can you tell whether they have too much debt issued? What are some key ratios to look at to evaluate for yourself? Derek Moore explains how interest rates effect the cost of capital (WACC) and how to see when a stocks debt is maturing and what interest...
Sep 1, 2019
Commentators on CNBC are always opining about whether a market is overvalued or undervalued. But how would you look for yourself to make your own opinion? In this episode Derek Moore reviews the S&P 500 Index earnings per share, forward earnings estimates, PE Ratio, Forward PE ratio, and more. Plus, a review of what...