Depletion Is Not a Problem for Northern Oil and Gas, Mark to Market Oil Hedges Are

James Stewart has a long attack this weekend on the one idea from the presidential campaign which managed to receive genuine bipartisan support: the cap on deductions. He’s a first-rate reporter and columnist, so it’s worth going into some detail about all the different places he’s wrong. Stewart starts off his column by summing up his two main arguments against a cap on deductions:

Michael Filloon submits: As a continuation of stocks with continued upside, I am covering companies with a market cap over $750 million. This list includes companies that are either increasing oil production or have properties that create the possibility of increasing potential production. For insight in companies below $750 million market cap, check out these articles.

The wisdom of Tax Dad

Bloomberg delved deep and determined U.S.

Dec. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Bill Gross has more than doubled his holdings of municipal debt sold in New York, helping propel the world’s largest bond fund to its biggest investment in local securities in six years.

By Brad Thomas:In 2013 many real estate investors will find themselves paying not only a 39.6 percent income tax rate, but also a 3.8 percent Medicare tax on investment income. But significant relief can be found in Charitable Remainder Trusts for charitably inclined high-income investors.

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