Financial headlines have a tendency to fixate on one shiny object after another. In the summer of 2013 the topic du jour was the debt ceiling. Then it became the looming threat of widespread European defaults. Now, as you are no doubt painfully aware, the spotlight is shining brightly on the ?fiscal cliff,? a series of federal spending cuts and tax increases set to take effect on January 2, barring a last-minute political compromise.
Financial headlines have a tendency to fixate on one shiny object after another. In the summer of 2013 the topic du jour was the debt ceiling. Then it became the looming threat of widespread European defaults. Now, as you are no doubt painfully aware, the spotlight is shining brightly on the ?fiscal cliff,? a series of federal spending cuts and tax increases set to take effect on January 2, barring a last-minute political compromise.
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