As the extent and brutality of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has intensified, the United States, the European Union and the North American Treaty Organization (NATO) have responded with a remarkably consistent and unified regime of economic sanctions targeted at strangling the Russian economy.
Running a small business is challenging under the best of circumstances, and the COVID-19 pandemic certainly hit small enterprises particularly hard.
Taxes come in many forms, none of them pleasant.
The world of closed end funds is a relatively tiny corner of the investment universe with a long history of providing attractive returns.
Most investors are well acquainted with the most popular types of pooled investment accounts: mutual funds and exchange-traded funds or ETFs.
American households are not optimistic about the prospect for improvement in their financial position moving into the new year.
Readers of a certain age may recall idling in long lines at the gas station during the OPEC oil embargo of 1973.
Despite the disruption and uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans stepped up their charitable giving to a record high of $471 billion in 2020.
It's the holiday season: fruitcake, eggnog, and tax planning.
Speculation has always been a fundamental urge innate to the human species, but it is rarely recognized as such except in hindsight.
