In last week’s Capital Ideas column, I reminded readers that I had been betting there would be a “rip-your-face-off” rally after May 22, 2022. One week does not a rally necessarily make, but the week after that column was published, the S&P 500 spiked 6.58 percent. That was the 53rd rally of 5 percent or more for the index since World War II (1945). Let’s be clear — I ain’t bragging. There’s way more luck in this line of work than I’d like to admit. The best I can do, at times, is to work hard enough to get lucky sometimes….
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IRS lets you save on taxes
(Note: The following is only important to you if you had to take a required minimum distribution, or RMD, in 2020. If that’s not you, save yourself 70 seconds and skip this first section). Dalton — My April 8, 2020, column shared with readers some actions they could take to benefit from the CARES Act. Today, let’s revisit an update to the Act. The information in that column included: Required minimum distributions are waived in 2020. If you’ve already taken RMDs this year, under certain conditions, you can return it. Today let’s look at an update to the CARES Act. On June 23, the…