April 29, 2021

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  • in Politics

    The president's first 100 days assessment and where it came from

    Scholars trace the importance of the first 100 days back to the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose swift action in the first months of his term to combat the Great Depression made his administration a standard by which presidents have since been held. He passed 76 laws, according to FiveThirtyEight, rapidly pushed through legislation that […] More

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  • in Finance

    How much money do you need to live off of investment returns?

    Let’s assume the capital gains tax is 20% and the market year-on-year returns is 10%. To make $100,000 a year just from the return on investments, here is the math: Total yearly return before capital gains tax = $100,000 /(100% – 20%) = $125,000 Total amount invested = $125,000 / 10% = $1.25M So to […] More

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  • in Economics

    How Covid is impacting the US economy

    Covid is a public health crisis that has changed all aspects of everyday life, including education, work-life balance, and most drastically, the economy. The economy has been affected in an unbalanced way. Different sectors are being impacted differently. The retail and industrial sectors have been negatively impacted. Retail because there are stay-at-home orders and stores […] More

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