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This course discusses fringe benefits that are and are not subject to taxation and the IRS guidelines used to make the determination.

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In this course we discuss fringe benefits that are and are not subject to taxation and the IRS guidelines used to make the determination.

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The S&P 500 Monday (12/24/18) officially entered bear territory. Fed chair Jerome Powell faces pressure from President Trump and falling stock prices. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's Sunday phone ...

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Summertime, and investing isn't easy. Stocks are moving sideways and the market is high. The flow of economic data is good but uninspiring. So, hush your worried clients, and join me for a mid-summer ...

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U.S. GDP will grow 2.6% through the end of 2016, a smidge better than the economy’s actual two-year 2.5% growth-rate. The 86% of GDP driven by private-sector activities, has grown robustly, at a 3.4% ...

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At this session, investment strategist, Fritz Meyer, will cover: • Debunking the myth that the US is only creating low-wage jobs. • Q4 GDP growth slowed from Q3. Should you worry? • CBO's January 2015 ...

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Strong new data on jobs, a car sales blowout, and housing starts spiked. At this session, we’ll cover all the recent economic news and their effects on investments. We’ll pay particular attention to h ...

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Following weak GDP growth of 0.8% in Q1, 2.3% GDP growth is forecast for the rest of 2016. Strong support is coming from consumer income and spending growth, and April’s LEI rose sharply. S&P forecast ...

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At this session, Fritz will cover: • With 2015 earnings estimates chopped, are stocks still reasonably valued? • The dollar is hitting new highs. Is it bad for stocks? • Is the Goldilocks economy stil ...

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With a 2.4% rate in GDP growth in 2014 and 2015, and a 2.3% estimate for 2016, the U.S. economy is growing at a respectable rate. Consumers, who fuel 70% of economic growth, are consuming. Disposable ...

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A weak first quarter could be followed by a strong summer – as happened one year ago. At this webinar, we’ll cover the economic data driving stocks, including the latest on unemployment, car sales, ho ...

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GDP growth data released last week was an anemic 0.5%. With stocks not far from their all-time highs, could it be that the six-year old recovery and historic bull market have finally come to an end? A ...

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Investors recently recovered from the August “flash crash.” Europe’s central bank and China signaled more stimulus is ahead. Meanwhile, Fritz Meyer says: “It’s hard not to be bullish on the U.S. econo ...

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An 11% correction in stock prices is not unusual, but why now? We'll review recent events and economic data, including: • a major upward revision to Q2 GDP. • record high job openings. • weekly unempl ...

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Economists expect a V-shaped recovery. If they're right, then the bear market could be in recovery by late June. Amid the coronavirus collapse, the economy is showing momentum: February's non-manufact ...

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In the six weeks since Brexit, the stock market repeatedly has hit new all-time highs. What gives? Second quarter GDP growth, reported July 29, disappointed, but Friday’s figures on job growth and wag ...

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The Dow broke 22,000 this week, and earnings are expected to rise 18% and 12% respectively in 2017 and 2018 -- far stronger than double the annual average rate of earnings growth of 7%. "Animal spirit ...

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In this month's webinar, we'll cover all the latest economic and market data and bear-case arguments. Strength in stocks can continue until the Fed makes a deliberate move to slow the economy. That is ...

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Economist Fritz Meyer spends most days hiking, climbing, gardening, or alpine-skiing, and thinking about the current economic situation. Fritz is hiking in Canada this week and preparing for this mont ...

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A virtuous cycle of strong fundamentals underlying the economy has been driving stocks past all-time highs day after day. Can it last? What are the risks? Here's what Fritz covers in this session: Bul ...

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With earnings growth strong, inflation mild, and stocks fairly valued, the current expansion could become the longest in modern U.S. history. Will the good times continue? As 2017 ends an eventful yea ...

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Tariffs, rates, and the economy are raising fears. What if our worst fears are realized? The U.S. imposes a 25% tariff on everything we import from China. Both JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs conclude it ...

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A year ago, the Fed hiked rates, triggering a brief bear market in stocks. Today, the Fed has uninverted the yield curve, and generally positive data have pushed stocks to new record highs.   Record-h ...

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Stock prices dropped over fears that low oil prices pose a 'systemic risk' to the U.S. China manufacturing weakness, it's feared, will knock global economy into recession. But the latest forecasts exp ...

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U.S. stock prices are breaking record highs, and President Trump is promising "big-league" corporate tax reform. The labor market is tightening, and real average hourly earnings are accelerating. Mean ...

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Is the bull market over? Bull markets end when the yield curve inverts. That's not happened, and it may not happen anytime soon. At this session, Fritz Meyer, an independent economist, gives you an up ...

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The Wall Street Journal says the Fed "apologized" for its mistaken message of December 19th and has adopted its new mantra, patience, that they're now repeating repeatedly. Investors love it! Followin ...

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Stocks have been hitting new highs.   January's purchasing managers index is in line with +2.4% GDP growth -- higher than the latest consensus forecast of +1.8%.   ADP's +291,000 net new jobs report f ...

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Trading at 18.3 times expected earnings for 2017 amid very mild inflation, and with a strong earnings growth forecast for 2018, stock prices have been breaking new highs. At 96 months, the expansion i ...

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Despite escalating tariff tension with our best allies, high-stakes negotiations on Asia's future, a culture war, and political instability, strong economic growth and inflation is mild. Stocks hover ...

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Uniformly positive economic fundamentals of early May have turned mixed. At this class, Fritz reviews the yield curve, comparing current conditions to previous inversions. Does it mean a recession is ...

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Stocks are near an all-time high, as political intrigue has stalled progress toward enacting health care legislation and cutting taxes. Meanwhile, the Fed says it's about to raise rates, heralding wha ...

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What's the risk of a trade war, and how would it impact the economy? Why inflation came in like a lion in early February but is going out like a lamb in March? Has the risk of a Fed mistake ending the ...

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From a year-over-year earnings gain of +23% in 2018, S&P 500 earnings growth is forecast to slow to just +4% y/y in 2019, before picking up to +12% y/y in 2020. At 17.2 times trailing 12-month earning ...

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Fritz Meyer presents the facts to answer the questions confronting clients right now: Is a 3% GDP growth rate sustainable? Will taxes be cut? What's behind the drop in auto sales? Is world GDP growth ...

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After the new tax law was signed on December 22, stocks went parabolic, the price-earnings multiple expanded, and a correction ensued in February, accompanied by an inflation scare and talk of trade w ...

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The latest economic data suggests that a recession clearly isn't in the cards any time soon, making it highly likely that this expansion, now at 119 months, will surpass the record 120 months. And equ ...

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The Fed Chair says she may run a “high-pressure” economy in the months ahead to fix a problem called hysteresis that’s dogged the recovery since The Great Recession. Meanwhile, the U.S. recently accus ...

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Momentum is in the economic data. The Atlanta Fed's latest GDPNow Q4 growth estimate has risen to 3.3%, following 3.1% and 3% in Q2 and Q3, respectively, and compared to the early-October consensus fo ...

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The stock market is recalibrating as investors reconsider the P/E multiple to apply given lower earnings growth and higher interest rates. Though we conducted an extra "correction session" on Oct 30, ...

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With its third rate cut on October 30th, the Fed uninverted the yield curve. Third quarter GDP showed consumers drove growth despite no contribution from investment and net exports. Meanwhile, disposa ...

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Trading listlessly at full valuation on low volume all summer long, the S&P 500’s price — not far from a recent all-time high — is supported by the fundamentals. The 3.3% GDP growth expectation for Q3 ...

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At 99-months old, this expansion could exceed the 120-month record-long expansion post WWII. That's because core and headline inflation are low and dropping -- not rising like expected at a time of re ...

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Seventeen years after attackers struck the U.S. and vowed to bring the nation down, financial economist Fritz Meyer takes measure of current financial economic conditions at this month's review. A lar ...

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Economist Fritz Meyer went hiking alone in Missouri Lakes, Colorado last weekend. He caught this prized gamefish with an elk hair caddis fly. He threw the cutthroat trout back in the water, but return ...

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For the latest news on the stock market plunge from Fritz Meyer’s point of view and a reminder of what’s important to tell clients now, please join us today for this special session today at 530 E.T. ...

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Can Congress deliver significant tax cuts? Can U.S. GDP grow at 3%? Should the U.S. toughen its trade policy? Is the Fed's March course correction bad for the economy? For stocks? At a time of heighte ...

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Independent economist Fritz Meyer shares economic fundamentals and his analysis at this 100-minute quarterly review, which follows weeks of volatility in stock prices, growing fears of a trade war, an ...

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Stocks are back near their all-time high following December's flash bear market. The Fed's January about-face on rate hikes returned stocks to within 2% of September's all-time high. The latest econom ...

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With U.S. economic data uniformly awful and social distancing measures by states are the key variable in determining the apex of the financial crisis, this quarterly webinar will be one-hour in length ...