My Comments: Tariffs, pressure on the Federal Reserve to lower already low interest rates, shotgun diplomacy, all of it helping to increase uncertainty, which increases the chance of the next global recession. For reasons unfamiliar to me, our President is determined in his attempts to marginalize China on the global stage. The tariff efforts are …
Author: Tony Kendzior, CLU, ChFC - Financial Planner
I've lived happily, raised a family, and enjoyed a professional life in Gainesville for over 50 years. The next several years are full of promise. My goal is to find new clients, new friends and somehow share the wisdom I've accumulated over these many years. And when I have time, play a little golf and travel with my family. Cheers!
What Is Retirement Coaching?
My Comments: My life in retirement is focused on helping others create an effective plan for their future retirement. To that end I’ve created an online school with courses that I’m marketing to employers as a way to help motivate their employees to think ahead. The author of the following has built an interesting website …
Five Facts About Social Security
I’ll say it once again: Social Security is a fundamental source of retirement money for millions of Americans every month. To the extent those of us receiving money from the system want and need it to continue, we represent a massive voting block to make sure it continues to benefit us as before. My source …
Everyone has forgotten about why Donald Trump can’t win a trade war with China
My Comments: I do not claim to be a negotiator. I do not claim to be knowledgeable about global trade. I do not claim to understand the dynamics that govern the behavior of nation states across the planet. But I do know when to seek out and listen to the advice of those who are …
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Avoiding The Long-Term-Care Catastrophe
My Comments: It’s unlikely that I’ll be alive and well one day and dead the next. The more likely outcome is a decline that might first manifest physically and/or mentally, or both, followed by many months or years before the lights go out. How many of you are willing to live the rest of your …
The Rot in the Obama-Trump Economy Is Beginning to Stink
My Comments: I have issues with this article title. For one thing, it only stinks if you have a good sense of smell, or in this case an intellectual curiosity to explore things you don’t already fully understand. Unfortunately, there’s a substantial percentage of our population that has no clue what we’re talking about and …
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America, the Gerontocracy
My Comments: For some reason, I don’t feel threatened by having political leaders much younger than I. I do feel threatened by the passage of time and how it erodes the skill sets of people, me included. Cognitive dissonance is a term I'm perhaps not qualified to use, but I’ve been around enough people in …
15 Social Security “things” You Can Do Online
My Comments: I don’t care if you are in your 20’s or late 80’s, this is good information. If you can’t get online for some reason, find someone who can get online and help you explore what the author has to say. I'm hoping there's something here you can take advantage of. That is, unless …
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Understanding The World We Live In
We are currently experiencing a fundamental disruption of the values I’ve lived with for the past 70 plus years. As someone on the leading edge of Baby Boomers, my values may subtly differ from yours if you’re a millennial, or somewhere in between. That’s OK and normal. The societal disruption we’re now experiencing under the …
Here’s a list of recession signals that are flashing red
My Comments: As I write this on Monday, Sep 2, I suddenly realized I’d not heard a word out of the White House about how great the economy was compared to when Barack Obama was in the White House. I guess it’s all taken a back seat to the Labor Day weekend and, for me …
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Helping Define Your Financial Future 