Study: Prolonged Low Interest Rates Have Major Impact on Retirement Income

My Comments: I promised a more positive attitude going forward and here you probably think I’m reneging on my commitment. I think of it more as a way to provide readers with an alternative when it comes to retirement income. My wife and I passed a local bank yesterday and they had a sign outside …

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Best 5 Investment Picks for 2013

My Thoughts on This: I guess it’s time to start thinking again. The heavy part of the holidays are over and pressure is building for us to confront the new year. I’m not sure why I’m sharing this with you because I’va also been reading posts by people in the know who made predictions last …

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Merry Christmas, Everyone!

I found a number of good, positive things to share with readers recently but am having trouble today finding something helpful and appropriate. So in the interest of the holiday season, I decided to simply wish all my friends and family a Wonderful Christmas. There may not be a post tomorrow: too much food planned …

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Thought for the Week

Here we are at the end of the year and that means it’s almost time for NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS! For me, these are always things I’ve been putting off and this is an opportunity to force myself to act! Unfortunately, after a while, they become depressing, since for the past several decades, I’ve never been …

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State Versus Citizen in Tomorrow’s World

My Thoughts on This: There is a right vs left component here that will determine the state of the world that our grandchildren inhabit. We can argue ‘till the cows come home which is better but at the end of the day, none of us individually has much influence on the outcome. So, today we …

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Respect for Those Who Finish the Job

My Thoughts on This: It’s usually pretty easy to be critical of those who either don’t think like we do or act in ways that we don’t think are appropriate. Especially when you’re a grumpy old man like me, as my wife is prone to remind me from time to time. This article caught my …

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Harnessing the Power of Ritual

My Comments: OK, its Monday and near the end of the year and we’re all tired of politics and conflics involving the Fiscal Cliff. And then that God Awful incident in Connecticut that cries out for someone to show some leadership and force upon us a discussion about guns in this country. Ritual is apparently …

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Why I’m Optimistic About The Economy

My Comments: The other evening I was talking with a colleague and our conversation shifted to investments and what’s likely to happen now that ObamaCare is going to happen. We agreed we are likely to go over the cliff without an agreement in place. What does it all mean? He asserted that in few years, …

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Turning Point on US Obesity Epidemic?

My Thoughts on This: I’m unsure if commenting on this is relevant at all for someone who is supposed to be focused on investments and retirement planning and financial matters. But with grandson now in the picture, his health now and in the future is important to me personally. I suspect if you have grandchildren, …

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Save the Payroll Tax Holiday

My Comments: I promised myself that I would not create any more blog posts about the fiscal cliff. Yesterday, I told you that I really don’t care if we don’t have an agreement before the end of the year. Today, I find myself commenting again since there seems to be nothing else out there that’s …

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