Stocks Almost Half What They Used to Be

September 10, 2018 |Daniel A. White I’ve mentioned this before, but it’s getting worse – the number of publicly-traded companies in the U.S. is shrinking at an alarming rate. Most investors don’t know this: since 1996, the number of publicly-listed companies has...

Record Number of Seniors Filing for Bankruptcy

September 4, 2018 |Daniel A. White A recent study from the Consumer Bankruptcy Project revealed a stark reality for our nation – the number of people aged 65-74 filing for bankruptcy has tripled since 1991. That’s a 204 percent increase! In total, those aged...

False Economic Positives Could Mean Danger

False Economic Positives Could Mean Danger August 20, 2018 |Daniel A. White If you listen to the media, it’s easy to think there is still room for economic growth and that any talk of recession is premature. After all, while interest rates are rising, they’re still...

Too Many Not Feeling the Economic Growth Trend

August 6, 2018 |Daniel A. White The economy seems to be doing well. The market is up, unemployment is down, and our tax burdens are shrinking. Sounds great, right? Yes, but – and there’s always a “but” – many Americans are not benefiting from the economic...

Higher Taxes, Lower Populations

June 25, 2018 |Daniel A. White Americans are leaving high-tax states in droves. Over the past decade, 5 million Americans have relocated from high-tax states to low- or no-tax states. And it’s not weather or jobs – it’s taxes. None of the ten highest tax...

Where Our Tax Dollars Go

June 18, 2018 |Daniel A. White During the 2017 fiscal year, the U.S. took in $3.3 trillion in taxes and fees, while spending $4 trillion, resulting in a deficit of $666 billion. That deficit equates to about $33,000 per U.S. household, which is almost a record....