Capital Gains Tax
Aug
05
1997
Past Impact of Capital Gains Tax Cuts
While the long term implications of a capital gains tax cut might be bullish, I would expect the intermediate term impact to be negative.
Jun
05
1997
Worth Noting
Balanced budget agreement assumes current economic expansion will run about 12 years, longer than any other in history.
Jan
04
1995
Worth Noting
Ned David Research examined stock market behavior after the capital gains tax reductions in October 1978 and August 1981.
Jul
07
1983
View from the North Country
Long-Term Capital Gains Pressure: In the last month or so several have commented that the stock market will be subjected to significant selling pressure in late summer, early fall. Inflation Watch: Things are looking better. The possibility of any significant uptick in inflation in the last half of 1983 now looks very remote. However, 1984-1985 is another matter.