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Michael Taylor

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Michael Taylor’s Biography

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Founder of Bankers Anonymous
Freelance columnist for San Antonio Express News
Ex-Fund manager, ex-bond salesman

Michael Taylor’s Journalist Portfolio

How to, and how not to, invest

How to, and how not to, invest

I know many more terrible ways to invest than I know good ways. But against all of my instincts, I actually s…

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Never, Ever, Ever Sell

Never, Ever, Ever Sell

My Disney and Churchill mashup, advocating never selling your stocks.

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Never buy a boat

Never buy a boat

Boat ownership is like taking your net worth out into the open ocean, weighing it down with stones and making…

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Video: Illustrating High Interest Rates vs Low Interest Rates To A Kid

Video: Illustrating High Interest Rates vs Low Interest Rates To A Kid

I show The Allowance Experiment to my daughter, how $1 compounding at 20% growth rate for 35 compounding peri…

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Video: The Buy vs Rent Question - Made Super Simple

Video: The Buy vs Rent Question - Made Super Simple

I list 2 simple conditions for buying a house instead of renting, and then 4 great advantages of home ownersh…

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What Is Wealthy?

What Is Wealthy?

Musings on what "Wealthy" really means

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Wire fraud litigation: Understanding the loss allocation rules for Article 4A

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By Michael Taylor, Matthew Kane
| Virginia Lawyers Weekly Verified
The fact patterns are familiar: A fraudster spoofs a trusted vendor and sends a fraudulent invoice to a business with wiring instructions to an account controlled by the fraudster. Or the “boss” emails an employee requesting an urgent wire transfer. Although some schemes rely on sophisticated technological tools, in my experience representing banks, low-tech tactics like social engineering, impersonation and forged documents are just as common — and just as effective.
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To the editor: Avert Social Security disaster by eliminating payroll tax cap

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By Michael Taylor
| The Toledo Blade Verified
As the new year starts, it may be the right moment to respond to Bloomberg’s guest editorial Dec. 3 of last year. Bloomberg correctly sounded the alarm on the approaching Social Security retirement disaster of 2033, which is being ignored. While they do recommend raising the payroll tax percentage, raising the retirement age, revising the COLA formula, and a modest lifting of the payroll tax ceiling, they completely miss the obvious answer.
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HM Treasury reportedly considering IHT changes for lifetime gifts

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By Sarah Ling, John Endacott, Michael Taylor, Heather Self
| Tax Journal Verified
Recent media reports suggest that the Treasury is considering introducing an annual or lifetime cap on gifts for IHT purposes potentially also looking at taper rates following PETs. Commenting on the rumoured proposals Hilesh Chavda Partner at Spencer West said: ‘Capping lifetime gifts could alter behaviour potentially reducing overall tax revenue as individuals might retain assets in their estates transferring them only upon death.
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