When you're well, sometimes it is difficult to imagine things suddenly taking a turn for the worse. 1.5 years ago, I was as healthy as could be. I thought medical problems were for other people, my checkups always came up roses. Then I fell ill with an autoimmune neurologic condition, likely autoimmune encephalitis, and I wish I had opened a Health Saving's...
Hello guys! Have you ever heard of the "January effect"? It's a pattern that has been observed in financial markets where the prices of small cap stocks tend to go up in the month of January. Some people think this happens because of tax-loss selling (when investors sell stocks that aren't doing well in order to reduce their tax burden) or because more people are...
Using a pretty simple formula involving CPI , we can adjust the stock chart to show real returns instead of nominal returns. Real returns represent a more accurate picture of the return of the stock over time. In addition, we can easily adjust returns for dividends and estimated taxes.