The Alternative Minimum Tax problem is permanently fixed removing a potential tax danger for middle class families.
The burden for consumers caused by this glitch, combined with the confusion over its cause and how it will be fixed, has the potential to undermine the many benefits of this innovative device.
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With a still shaky economy, pathetically low yields on fixed income, skyrocketing medical costs, the potential of rising inflation, and the looming bankruptcy of Social Security and Medicare, many of the employees we work with are rightfully concerned about their prospects for a comfortable retirement.
You are already so well fixed in life that you can afford to alienate potential clients?
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They fail to grasp the potential benefits of a long-term fixed-rate loan because they do not understand risk properly.
CBM, a consultancy, the main potential for online bond-trading is in fixed-income securities that are already fairly liquid: these (notably government bonds and blue-chip corporate bonds) are likely to become more liquid, and more keenly priced.
"The potential impact is no smaller than the shift from fixed-line phones to mobile phones, " he said.
This rests on the notion that there is a fixed ceiling for output, rising over time, so any shortfall against potential is a permanent loss.
He cautioned that industries faced with the potential disruptions of driverless technology should not move too quickly to a fixed conception, because the future is still very uncertain.
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Assuming that Amazon charges a fixed percentage of the sale price as its fee for every transaction, the service has the potential to generate millions, perhaps billions, in sales.
"Investors are looking at this as an unlimited option trade with enormous potential gains, " said Andrew Chappell, head of European, African and Middle Eastern fixed-income trading and sales at Exotix, who says inquiries into the bonds have increased in recent days.
Brad Hintz, an analyst at Sanford Bernstein, calculates a potential hit of 28% to Bear Stearns' 2008 earnings per share if income from fixed-income trading falls 20%, financial sponsor merger and acquisition dries up and it sees a 35% reduction in below-investment grade loans.
But potential recruits saw the salary figures as a starting point, and bargained for pay beyond the fixed limits.
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