by Thomas Powell | Apr 2, 2019 | Commercial Real Estate, Investing, Opportunity Zones
Much has been said and written about Opportunity Zones (OZs), the new federal tax program carved out by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Amidst the buzz is a lively debate about whether these investments create good policy. But whatever the policy pundits say, OZs...
by Thomas Powell | Oct 10, 2018 | Investing
There are many signs pointing to disruption in the market. First, and earliest today, the IMF warned that correction may be coming to the U.S. stock market. A strong message was delivered in a report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and pointed out by...
by Thomas Powell | Sep 27, 2018 | Economics, Energy, Investing
General Electric’s CEO called 2018 its “reset year,” but I doubt CEO John Flannery meant the whiplash turn that GE is speeding towards at the moment. Once a member of the founding elite of the Dow Jones, GE is in the middle of one of its roughest years in a decade....
by Thomas Powell | Sep 24, 2018 | Investing
If you were keeping up with the Wall Street Journal, or any other financial news site, you saw this larger-than-life news week: “Tilray, a startup with just $20 million in first-half revenue, was briefly worth $20 billion during a wild ride last week” — WSJ,...
by Thomas Powell | Feb 15, 2018 | Investing, Uncategorized
The Trump Administration’s major tax overhaul already showed slight impact in 2018’s first few rounds of pay stubs, as W2 employees noticed slightly less in their tax-withholding column and slightly more in their take-home pay column. This is one of the changes we can...
by Thomas Powell | Jan 30, 2018 | Economics, Investing, Oil & Gas
Picture this: It’s 2014, going into 2015. The U.S. is more than 5 years removed from The Great Recession, but we are all still feeling the squeeze. China is experiencing an economic slowdown. OPEC nations are pumping oil and gas as if they were in a race no one else...
