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So You Want To Be a Doomsday Prophet: Here's How to Start
So You Want To Be a Doomsday Prophet: Here's How to Start

So you want to be a Doomsday Prophet like Dent, Schiff, Roubini or Rickards. Here’s How to do it:

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Joe SweeneyOctober 9, 2025
Guest Post: 5 Immediate Tax Impacts from The One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Guest Post: 5 Immediate Tax Impacts from The One Big Beautiful Bill Act

Some of the new tax policies take effect in the 2025 tax year, others in the 2026 tax years. This letter exists to inform you of the most relevant stuff taking effect in 2025.

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Joe SweeneyJuly 18, 2025Sweeney & Michel, LLC
What Happens After Investing at All Time Highs?
What Happens After Investing at All Time Highs?

When you read “stock market at all-time highs”, you probably expect a crash to follow shortly after. I’m not sure that’s something to worry about:

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InvestingJoe SweeneyJuly 15, 2025Sweeney & Michel, LLC
"One Big Beautiful Bill": 21 Highlights That Matter
"One Big Beautiful Bill": 21 Highlights That Matter

The “One Big Beautiful Bill” passed last week, and was nearly 900 pages long. It’s packed with new legislation and changes to the tax code. Here’s what stands out:

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Joe SweeneyJuly 14, 2025Sweeney & Michel, LLC
The American Dream is Not Dead
The American Dream is Not Dead

But our society, our standard of living, has improved dramatically! Progress is an underappreciated piece of our story. Consider the following:

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Joe SweeneyJuly 3, 2025Sweeney & Michel, LLC
Nondeductible: The (Tax) Downsides of California Dreaming
Nondeductible: The (Tax) Downsides of California Dreaming

It’s no secret, California has earned its reputation for an expensive place to live.

Taxes can be a confusing and complicated issue, even more so when we live under 2 tax codes: CA State and Federal.

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Taxes, InvestingJoe SweeneyJune 15, 2025Sweeney & Michel, LLC
A Celebration of the Roth IRA: The Swiss Army Knife of Retirement Accounts
A Celebration of the Roth IRA: The Swiss Army Knife of Retirement Accounts

Think of it this way: with a traditional IRA, you get a tax break now. With a Roth IRA, you get a tax break later. And that "later" tax break can be a very big deal:

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Joe SweeneyJune 11, 2025Sweeney & Michel, LLC
Dodging Disaster: Stock Market Bubbles Since 2000
Dodging Disaster: Stock Market Bubbles Since 2000
Joe SweeneyMay 30, 2025Sweeney & Michel, LLC
3 Things We're Skeptical on: June 2025 Edition
3 Things We're Skeptical on: June 2025 Edition

Amodei believes the AI tools that Anthropic and other companies are racing to build could eliminate half of entry-level, white-collar jobs and spike unemployment to as much as 20% in the next one to five years

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Joe SweeneyMay 29, 2025Sweeney & Michel, LLC
Market Chill Fades: Strong April Data Points to a Sunny Outlook
Market Chill Fades: Strong April Data Points to a Sunny Outlook

Just as a few cool days don't stop summer from arriving, market dips don't cancel the potential for long-term growth.

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Joe SweeneyApril 29, 2025Sweeney & Michel, LLC
A Short Guide to Understanding Brokered CDs
A Short Guide to Understanding Brokered CDs

Most people don’t know that CD’s are available through investment companies- often with better rates and terms than banks can offer. Here’s what you should know:

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Joe SweeneyApril 18, 2025Sweeney & Michel, LLC
A Life Update- Joe and Britney Sweeney
A Life Update- Joe and Britney Sweeney
Joe SweeneyApril 14, 2025Sweeney & Michel, LLC
I Can Tell You What We Don’t Want to Do
I Can Tell You What We Don’t Want to Do

If you only used this chart, you could make a good argument for investing when the fear index is above 30:

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Joe SweeneyApril 7, 2025Sweeney & Michel, LLC
The Art of the Tariff (and How it Affects Investors)
The Art of the Tariff (and How it Affects Investors)

Here’s what we’re telling clients about the Tariffs:

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Joe SweeneyApril 3, 2025Sweeney & Michel, LLC
Why Now Isn't The Time To Sell Your Growth Stocks
Why Now Isn't The Time To Sell Your Growth Stocks

To understand where things are going, it’s important to remember where we’ve been. Consider the products and services that didn’t exist 25 years ago:

  • iPhone

  • Amazon Prime

  • Facebook

  • Youtube/Gmail/Google Maps/Chrome

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Joe SweeneyMarch 13, 2025
Tech Wreck: 2025
Tech Wreck: 2025

Notes on the rotation out of tech, and our latest video with charts of the moment

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Joe SweeneyMarch 5, 2025Sweeney & Michel, LLC
Key Retirement Planning Milestones by Age
Key Retirement Planning Milestones by Age

If you’re planning for retirement, knowing the milestones is essential to avoiding taxes, penalties and missed opportunities.

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Retirement, Taxes, Blog FeatureJoe SweeneyFebruary 4, 2025Sweeney & Michel LLC
5 Big Questions for the Rest of ‘25
5 Big Questions for the Rest of ‘25

Notes and Outlook on Wildfires, Insurance, AI, Biotech and Tax Reform

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Joe SweeneyFebruary 1, 2025Sweeney & Michel LLC
2025 California and Federal Income Tax Brackets
2025 California and Federal Income Tax Brackets

If you’re wondering what your top 2025 California and Federal taxes rates are, look no further.

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Taxes, Personal Finances, Blog FeatureJoe SweeneyJanuary 30, 2025Sweeney & Michel, LLCcalifornia taxes, federal taxes
Investing Outlook: 2025
Investing Outlook: 2025

What’s most important about this exercise (aside from internal bragging rights) is to honestly assess where markets are at. Under scrutiny, investment opportunities tend to look more or less attractive, never the same. A true time to divide what’s bullish and what’s bull$h!t.

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Blog Feature, InvestingJoe SweeneyJanuary 3, 2025Investing
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