Investing

Good news from the IRS? This probably sounds like an oxymoron to many people.

Costs really do matter, in every area of life. Not only that, but understanding what is behind the costs is very important. For example, most of us realize that the sticker price on a car isn’t the result of some sort of divine revelation or a fixed number set by law.

With the US stock market hanging around all-time highs, and with the nagging prospect of at least slightly higher interest rates, many investors are wondering how much more upside can be expected from domestic stocks.

Almost everyone knows the three most important factors for investing in real estate: location, location, and location.

Over the past several years, the annual letter to shareholders from Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, has become one of the most eagerly anticipated communications in the financial world.

Our country recently experienced one of the most raucous and divisive presidential elections in recent memory. And, since January, we have been bombarded with news related to the new president’s actions and policies. Depending on your preferred news source, the Trump presidency is either the saving of the American democracy or a sign of the coming apocalypse.

In our last article, we noted that international factors are very much on investors’ minds as they look toward 2017. According to a recent Morgan Stanley survey, four of investors’ top five concerns for this year arise from global trends. We took a brief look at some of the chief risks that US investors must consider when they invest internationally.

A December 2016 article on Marketwatch.com reported on a Morgan Stanley survey of investors that listed respondents’ top five financial worries for 2017. In order from greatest to least, these were: