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Investing has many appeals. Building multiple income streams, increasing your net worth, and obtaining financial freedom are just some of the benefits that can occur should you...read more
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by Hugh Mann
Capital gains, taxes, economic growth - what am I, Ben Bernanke? Let's wrap our minds around this one folks by simplifying things, but without distorting them. Read, below, ...read more
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Contrary to popular belief, incentives to cut consumption and save do not encourage investment and spur economic growth. By diverting consumption income to investment, the inve...read more
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by Ira Woodward
The truth is, as in so many matters economic, no one knows the answer to this question. The economy is very complex and there are few hard and fast rules. However, if history is...read more
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by Matt Ams
Why would an increase in capital gains tax rates discourage investment and inhibit economic growth? Oh how quickly we forget the fact that the decrease in capital gains tax rat...read more
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Increased capital gains raises the cost of doing business. This cost will be passed along to consumers and could cause investors to slow down their rate of investment. If this o...read more
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by James Coles
Capital gains: profits made from investing, primarily in equities instruments. Secondarily, capital gains include interest on savings accounts, IRAs, 401-series accounts, Certif...read more
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by Paul Kemp
As I write this, credit for any purpose is drying up in America. Our economy, unfortunately runs on credit. I say "unfortunately" because most Americans have so little in savi...read more
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An increase in the capital gains tax would hurt the American economy for the simple reason that the rich did not get that way by being stupid about money. To expect them to do ...read more
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by Dr. Dave
Yes, But marginally! At least as far as discouraging new investment. The largest effect may be to stock market investors, who seem to have already deserted the market. Those wh...read more
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I am not in the investment industry.I don't have too many knowledges regarding the investment strategies.I had many sad own stories,due to the advise received from the financial...read more
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Not only will increasing capital gains taxes definitely discourage investment, merely the talk of a tax hike can inhibit economic growth. If you're an investor, why take the cha...read more
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by N. Dawson
According to Wikipedia, a capital gain is "profit that results from the sale of a capital asset over its purchase price". What this means in layman's terms is that if you purch...read more
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by Starr Sheets
Do you truly understand what "capital gains" are? Capital gains in its most basic sense of the definition is simply put return on investment over your basis (cost to invest) and...read more
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