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Economy

“Biden visits his Pennsylvania hometown to call for more taxes on the rich and cast Trump as elitist”

“President Joe Biden made a nostalgic return to the house where he grew up in working-class Scranton on Tuesday, kicking off three days of campaigning across Pennsylvania by calling for higher taxes on the rich and casting Donald Trump as an out-of-touch… Continue Reading…

Economy

“New York’s Rich Get Creative to Flee State Taxes. Auditors Are On to Them”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/new-york-s-rich-get-creative-to-flee-state-taxes-auditors-are-on-to-them/ar-AA1nit6R Click the link if any of you want to read the article. I just want to comment on the headline. If you live in a democrat city **get out**; Especially New York or California. After they collapse, if you… Continue Reading…

Economy, Stocks

“The rich now own a record share of stocks”

“About 93% of U.S. households’ stock market wealth is held by the top 10%… Details: While it’s true that a record high 58% of American households do own stocks via mutual funds or as individual shares, in the aggregate the amount of stock… Continue Reading…

Economy, Energy

“…Venezuela threatens to invade oil-rich Guyana, US worries about how far Maduro will go”

“Venezuela’s threats to annex a majority of Guyana may be an effort by its leader to consolidate power at home ahead of a potential presidential election next year instead of a real intention to invade its neighbor, U.S. officials say. But Washington… Continue Reading…

Business

“Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune has surged this year – and nobody on the rich list comes close to his $44 billion gain”

“…Mark Zuckerberg has seen his fortune surge this year – and nobody on Bloomberg’s rich list comes close to his $44 billion gain so far in 2023. The Meta CEO has made more than anybody else on Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index this year,… Continue Reading…

Personal Finance

“Here’s how America’s millionaires are positioning themselves for a recession ⁠— if you’re doing something different, you might want to think twice”

“…1. Mostly nothing — for now Sometimes the hardest thing to do is nothing. But when the market bottoms out, knee-jerk reactions like immediately selling off investments are often the worst thing you can do… 2. Mixing it up when… Continue Reading…

Personal Finance

“The Hidden Ways the Ultrarich Pass Wealth to Their Heirs Tax-Free”

“…Officially, gifts are taxable: If you send someone more than $15,000 per year, you’re supposed to file a separate gift tax return, with the total counting toward your $11.7 million lifetime estate-and-gift-tax exemption. (Double that for married couples.) Once you… Continue Reading…

Business, Investing

“Where Do Millionaires Keep Their Money?”

“Where do millionaires keep their money? High net worth individuals put money into different classifications of financial and real assets, including stocks, mutual funds, retirement accounts and real estate. Most of the 20.27 million millionaires in the U.S. did not inherit their… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Sales of Bentleys and Lamborghinis are booming because rich people are bored”

“While auto sales as a whole have suffered from factory shutdowns and other disruptions due to the pandemic, sales of super-expensive cars, like Ferraris, Bentleys and Lamborghinis, finished 2020 at a blistering pace.In the United States, overall passenger car sales… Continue Reading…

Economy

“World’s richest 2,000 people hold more than poorest 4.6 billion combined: Oxfam”

“The world’s richest 2,153 people controlled more money than the poorest 4.6 billion combined in 2019, while unpaid or underpaid work by women and girls adds three times more to the global economy each year than the technology industry, Oxfam… Continue Reading…