Investing and the Economy

As we are studying the cycles of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy, a most interesting statistic crossed our desk during the holiday season.

“A couple years of calm can lull less seasoned investors into thinking that calm is the new normal.

The Pease limitation, first enacted in 1991, reduced itemized deductions, including charitable donations, by 3 percent of AGI that exceeds certain thresholds: $313,800 for married couples filing jointly in 2017, for example.

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