The paper investigates by means of cointegration analysis whether the recently observed low levels of private saving and the current account balance in the United States are worrisome in the sense that they cannot be sufficiently explained by determinants which performed well in the past. Stock...

We show that the level of interest rates determines the magnitude of mispricing at the turn of the tax year, as investors face the trade-off between selling a temporarily-depressed stock this year and selling next year, but delaying tax implications by one year. Interest rates do explain the...

Impact of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on investments -- How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act changed tax rates imposed on individual investors -- How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act changed treatment of capital gains -- How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act changed tax credits and deductions claimed by investors -- Impact...