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You Can’t Spell Crypto Without “Cry”
Americans love being first. First to finish a race. First to climb Mount Everest. First to reach the moon. First to reach a net worth of...
Michael Mann
Jan 163 min read
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Understanding the Latest Fed Rate Cut: What It Means for You and Your Money
Big news dropped on December 18, 2024—the Federal Reserve cut interest rates again, this time by 0.25 percentage points. That means the...
Michael Mann
Dec 19, 20244 min read
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Home Affordability: A Deep Dive into Current Trends
Home affordability has become a topic of significant interest and concern for many individuals and families across the country. With...
Michael Mann
Apr 24, 20242 min read
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Workingman’s Blues
Turn the dial on the Wayback Machine to September 5, 1882. Most Americans work 12 hours per day, seven days per week, often in physically...
Michael Mann
Sep 8, 20233 min read
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Hemingway's Suitcase
In 1922, Ernest Hemingway was working as a reporter and living in bohemian poverty in Paris with his first wife, Hadley. The newlyweds...
Michael Mann
Sep 1, 20233 min read
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I'm Not Messi-ing Around
Sports fans love when new stars join their teams. Sometimes it’s a promising rookie called up to the majors, like Elly de la Cruz...
Michael Mann
Aug 4, 20233 min read
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Holiday Road
Forty years ago this week — July 29, to be precise — Clark Griswold loaded his wife Ellen and children Rusty and Audrey into their...
Michael Mann
Jul 28, 20233 min read
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My Deduction Was Thiiiiiiiis Big
Today’s millennials and Generation Z have hit some speed bumps on their path toward financial independence—the Dotcom crash of 1999, the...
Michael Mann
Jul 20, 20233 min read
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Unintended Consequences
This week, we celebrate the 247th anniversary of America’s Declaration of Independence — a milestone of human imagination and courage....
Michael Mann
Jul 7, 20233 min read
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AI Fails to Predict... The Future?
If you had “Russian uprising” and “Titanic-related disaster” on your 2023 bingo card, congratulations! You’re either a time traveler from...
Michael Mann
Jun 30, 20233 min read
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Tax Whack-a-Mole
Our beloved internal revenue code currently runs 4,968 pages. That’s a lot of fingers and toes! But you can reduce the whole exercise to...
Michael Mann
Jun 23, 20233 min read
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Flying Friendlier Skies
In 1748, Benjamin Franklin published an essay called “Advice to a Young Tradesman,” where he wrote, “Remember that time is money.” Back...
Michael Mann
Jun 16, 20233 min read
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Check Your Speed
Here in the United States, tax policy rests on the notion that tax rates should rise with income, so those who earn more pay a greater...
Michael Mann
May 13, 20233 min read
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Pigs get fat; Hogs get slaughtered
JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) acquired (i.e. saved / bailed out) First Republic Bank (NYSE: FRC) from bankruptcy. When the banks lend money out,...
Michael Mann
May 1, 20233 min read
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Halo
Summer is coming, and for music fans across America that means stadium tours. Taylor Swift fans went through several bear attacks to get...
Michael Mann
Apr 28, 20233 min read
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The Art of Tax
April 15 is almost here, and panicky taxpayers across America are begging their tax pros for any help they can get for bills they aren’t...
Michael Mann
Apr 25, 20233 min read
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Tax Policy Lessons From Horseshoe Crabs
Scientists recently announced finding a fossilized horseshoe crab brain from 310 million years ago. As the New York Times reported,...
Michael Mann
Sep 9, 20213 min read
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$1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill
We've talked here a time or two about how taxes factor into every financial choice you make. Whether you're selling a business,...
Michael Mann
Sep 8, 20213 min read
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Words from the Wise
If you've spent any time online lately, you're familiar with so-called "listicles" — those irresistible lists of trivial facts that pass...
Michael Mann
Sep 2, 20212 min read
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