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Why Do People Think Rich People Pay A Lower Rate On Their Income Than Everyone Else?

While its true capital gains are taxed at a lower rate the riches INCOME is taxed at around 36%. AND rich people are not the only ones that enjoy capital gains tax rates. Regular people that invest in the stock market like maybe your retired parents, casual investors or people like me.
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Will The Release Of Unemployment Rate In November 6, 2009 Affect The Stock Market?

I’ve heard the release might make the stocks suddenly drop temporarily.. is this true? or backed by anything per chance? If it is true, unfortunately, how long will the trend last?
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What Can Make A Stock Market Fall When There Is An Interest Rate Hike?

It is a very interesting question. It appeared to me as if someone is asking in a ‘class room’ setting. And the answer is neither obscure nor inaccessible. There seem to be at least two routes for the relationship to exist. One, high interest rates bring about a fall in bond values because [...]
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What If Interest Rate Drops Again? Or Raised?

What would happen to the stock market and real estate if the FED decides to drop the interest rate again tomorrow? Or what if it goes back up? What’s going to happen to the stock market? Of course no one knows, but what are the possible outcome?
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Suppose The Mean Rate On The Common Stock In A Large Investment Portfolio Was 12% Last Year. If The Rate ?

Suppose the mean rate on the common stock in a large investment portfolio was 12% last year. If the rate of returns of the stocks within the portfolio are approximately normally distributed and a rate of 15% represents the 80th percentile, what is the approximate standard deviation of the rates of returnn in the portfolio?
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