The provisions fall into the following three themes: 1) Traditional savings accounts; 2) IRAs and their contribution limits; 3) Addressing minimum distributions from retirement accounts for seniors. Specifically, the legislation would do the following: – Exclude up to $500 (twice that amount for married couples) of interest income from gross income annually. – Permanently increase…

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Chapter 17b – Energy Budgeting (1 of 2): Petroleum has supplied the surplus energy that has allowed for social complexity, industrialization, and the modern conveniences that we enjoy. In this chapter, Dr. Chris Martenson explains that in the future our supply of surplus energy will decline due to the fact that increasing amounts of energy…

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President Obama announces the Fiscal Year 2011 Budget that makes critical investments in job creation and continued economic recovery, while bringing a new level of responsibility to how tax dollars are spent. February 1, 2010. Duration : 0:10:30

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Commercial Real Estate Investing 101 – An alternative Commercial Real Estate strategy, that is so simple, so basic, so obvious, you will ask yourself “How come everyone isn’t doing this?” CAP Rates 8% plus, investments@SabreRealtyGroup.com Monthly Distributions Rates 8%, plus Total real time financial transparancy – online 24/7, Next steps, Accredited Investors, IRA / 401k,…

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H.R. 1424 Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/C?c110:./temp/~c110JIik9X section 7701(a)(37) of such Code), in a distribution described in section 408(d)(3) of such Code, and (II) in the case of any other eligible retirement plan, in an eligible rollover distribution (as defined under section 402(f)(2) of such Code), and (ii) as having transferred the amount…

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Senior Investment Specialist Ad van Tiggelen focuses on communicating the investment views of ING in a wide range of (international) media. Previously, he directed the formulation of global strategy and as a member of the Asset Allocation Committee, he was also directly involved in formulating ING IM’s strategic regional, sectoral, size and style investment allocation…

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April 7 (Bloomberg) — Keith McCullough, chief executive officer of Hedgeye Risk Management and a Bloomberg Television contributing editor, talks with Deirdre Bolton about the outlook for China’s yuan policy and U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s comments today that he anticipates China will oversee a bigger international role for its currency. McCullough also discusses the…

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