Form 5498 Just as our US Federal main tax filing dates fade in our memory, many times a straggling IRS form lands in our mailbox, causing some confusion. Form 5498 is sent as a means of IRS reconciliation and tracking.…
Within 24 hours of our post, in a very coincidental and unfortunate chain of events, our first fellow walker, Mr. Dominique Strauss-Kauhn’s importance was validated in multiple stories, however, he is most likely now the former head of IMF. Today we meet…
To keep this series of posts more entertaining, I am going to have you visualize you are walking down the street (beach if you rather) and happened upon a few interesting people in the banking world. Keep track of how many you know,…
As of today approximately 90% of all S&P 500 companies have reported according to Thomson Reuters. In an effort to not forget the forest for the trees, we wanted to review the results. In our earlier Earnings Season post on April…
If you have ever had one of those days when you step out of bed feeling a little under the weather, only to finish your day really sick, you know how fast things can change. It is a strange phenomenon,…
Spring is near and even with many parts of the country experiencing unseasonably cool weather, we thought it might make sense to visit a few top financial spring cleaning and updating ideas. So here we go, in no order of…
My biggest fear in Bernanke’s first public, history making, speech today, was the time he was to be in front of the group. Today, Big Ben led with a reading of notes and press releases, much like a teacher would at…
On Wednesday April 27th, 2011 the first ever live post FOMC meeting discussion will be held with Big Ben Bernanke conducting a live 45 minute (a bit long for my tastes) interview just after the FOMC public delivery of written…
For those who remember the Character Gomer Pyle aka (Jim Nabors) in the offbeat situation comedy Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C, one of his favorite sayings was “Surprise, Surprise, Surprise“. This weeks earnings fit the bill of Gomer’s favorite saying. Earnings have…
A famous quote from the 1981 movie Taps “I saw my duty and I did it!” For those that do not remember, Taps was a movie of young cadets who turned on their keepers in order to continue their soon…
