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Author: David Merkel

The Best of the Aleph Blog, Part 2

This second period goes from May to July 2007.  Here we go! A Modest Proposal to Raise Taxes on Mr. Buffett (and me) Points out how the problems with the tax code are really more about defining income rather than tax...

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On Bonds in Retail Accounts

One small added benefit that I offer clients is extra advice.  The following would be an example: By the by, I wonder if I can ask you for some bond advice.  I currently use Fidelity for most of our investments, but...

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The 54th

This is a little different.  Those who have read me for a long time know that I have a large family — eight children, with five adopted African-American children.  We also homeschool in the great State of...

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Why We Don’t Need the Fed

I agree with Daniel Indiviglio about half of the time; I think he is a bright guy, but I disagree with him over certain principles.  He recently wrote a piece called Why We Need the Fed.  I am here this evening to take...

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Dave, What Should I Do? (3)

Some of my friends want to invest with me, but I am not a total solution to anyone’s financial needs, because the only stuff I am managing is the risk capital.  All of my clients have to go through a suitability...

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Mid-2005 FOMC

In mid-2005 I wrote a piece that I knew would be controversial at RealMoney: Real Estate’s Top Looms.  I had debated about writing it sooner, but delayed, because the momentum felt wrong.  But by mid-2005, I...

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