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Aug 10, 2024 | 
shareandstocks.com | William Baldwin
Bargain-hunters should look beyond the P/E to its cousin, a measure that zeroes in on revenue-generating power. By William Baldwin, Senior ContributorThe price-to-earnings ratio is basic. Price-to-sales is somewhat obscure. This article aims to lift the latter ratio out of obscurity and show its purpose. If all you know about a stock is one fact, you’d get a better idea of what it’s worth by knowing that the earnings per share are $3 than by knowing the sales per share are $60.
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May 1, 2024 | 
shareandstocks.com | William Baldwin
The 2017 tax cuts are expiring. Reformers are lying in wait. Your investment strategy now should reflect the odds of law changes later. By William Baldwin, Senior ContributorLoss harvesting—the selective sale of underwater positions in order to capture capital losses—is quite the nice trick. Could it be outlawed? What about all the other tax-minimizing schemes that investors use?
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Mar 23, 2024 | 
shareandstocks.com | William Baldwin
Rick Bates has a nice business finding consumers the best deals on their medicines. But now billionaire Mark Cuban is elbowing in. By William Baldwin, Senior ContributorDrug prices are insane. A prescription for an attention deficit treatment that costs $106 if you say you don’t have insurance has an out-of-pocket cost of $326 if you use the insurance. A month’s supply of a prostate cancer drug shows up at $123 in some stores but at discounter Costco has a price tag of $2,548.
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Mar 16, 2024 | 
shareandstocks.com | William Baldwin
You might be able to save yourself tens of thousands of dollars by reshuffling positions between taxable and tax-sheltered accounts. By William Baldwin, Forbes StaffFirst decision for investors: allocation. What percentages of your net worth do you want in stocks, bonds, cash, exotic things? Second decision, following right behind: location. Where do you put this stuff? You have to determine which holdings go inside tax-sheltered accounts and which outside.
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Mar 16, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | William Baldwin
8 hours agoHave you ever wondered why flight attendants sit on their hands during takeoff and landing on airplanes? According to Henny Lim, a flight attendant for Cebu Pacific in the Philippines, the move is done intentionally to help attendants should it be a bumpy ride. In a TikTok post, Lim called the act a …
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Feb 5, 2024 | 
forbes.com.br | William Baldwin
Há 30 anos, três professores publicaram um artigo sobre uma anomalia que observaram no mercado: por longos períodos, ações de valor superam as ações de crescimento. “Que diabos, vamos tentar”, eles disseram. Assim nasceu a LSV Asset Management, gestora que atualmente possui US$ 96 bilhões sob gestão. A empresa sediada em Chicago oferece 25 estratégias, abrangendo diferentes segmentos de empresas grandes, médias e pequenas dos Estados Unidos, Europa, Ásia e países emergentes.
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Dec 30, 2023 | 
techtelegraph.co.uk | Roger Huang |William Baldwin |Mitchell Martin |Sarah Emerson
The year 2023 came in like a lion and is going out like a lamb for bitcoin. Despite sniping from U.S. regulators, arrests, prosecutions and convictions of former industry superstars, and a lack of clarity of the legality of the cryptocurrency business, bitcoin has surged154% from the dark days at the end of 2022.
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Dec 20, 2023 | 
techtelegraph.co.uk | William Baldwin |Hank Tucker |Kelly Erb |Monica Hunter-Hart
Table of ContentsToggleNew release from the IRS: results of its snooping on virtual currency habits via 2020 tax returns. Find out if your town–or your state–has more than its share of bitcoin believers. By William Baldwin, Senior ContributorFans of virtual currencies congregate in some places and not in others.
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Dec 3, 2023 | 
newyorkfolk.com | James White |William Baldwin |Lauren Debter |Jemima Denham
If you have a big wad in a pretax IRA, sit down with your accountant now. Taxes are likely headed higher. By William Baldwin, Forbes StaffTax rates are going up. Do your conversions now. That’s a starting point in the complex game of IRA manipulation. But the general rule must be accompanied by footnotes and provisos. For these subtleties we turn to Robert S. Keebler, an accountant in Green Bay, Wisconsin, who has elevated tax bracket management into an art form. Large sums are at stake.
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Dec 2, 2023 | 
shareandstocks.com | William Baldwin
If you have a big wad in a pretax IRA, sit down with your accountant now. Taxes are likely headed higher. By William Baldwin, Forbes StaffTax rates are going up. Do your conversions now. That’s a starting point in the complex game of IRA manipulation. But the general rule must be accompanied by footnotes and provisos. For these subtleties we turn to Robert S. Keebler, an accountant in Green Bay, Wisconsin, who has elevated tax bracket management into an art form. Large sums are at stake.
